Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.882.2_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-781
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Title Notes:
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preferred
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Title:
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no title
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Title:
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1944-A
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Creation Date:
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1944
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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42 x 33 1/2 inches (106.7 x 85.1 cm)
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Work Material Name:
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oil paint (paint)
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Work Material Support Name:
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canvas
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Work Technique Name:
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palette knives (painting equipment)
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Work Style Period:
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Abstract
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Current Work Location Name:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
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Richmond, Virginia
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Work Relation:
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Verso painting of PH-621
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Work Description:
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Painted on the verso of PH-621, this work is a fragment cut on its right and bottom edges from a larger composition. Thus, what remains is the top left corner of the original work. The background of this work is painted in varied tones of reddish-maroon, brown and black, creating a swirling, hellish scene. From the bottom and right cut edges, gray, black and white bone-like forms emerge and are piled on top of one another. Three large black totems are silhouetted against the background at the top right, three whitish parallel rib-like forms are painted side by side shooting from the bottom right corner up and to the left.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-781, 1944. Oil on canvas, 42 x 33 1/2 inches (106.7 x 85.1 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
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Work Rights Statement:
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© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
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Image Holding Institution:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
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CSM Art Collection: Objects
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Image Rights Statement:
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Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
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