Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.482_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-87
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1947
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
40 x 27 1/2 inches (101.6 x 69.8 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Work Style Period: 
Abstract
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1947
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
Contrasting vertical forms snake through the canvas in this abstract work. On the left side of the canvas, a thin white vertical line surrounded by a black form emerges from the bottom of the work. The black form extends towards the center of the canvas, but is interrupted by a zig-zagging yellow lifeline. The yellow features white and red flashes, and is outlined by a blue form. The right side of the canvas is mainly blue, with the black form swooping downwards and upwards to separate the solidity of color. An organic blue, white, and black form weaves thin vertical lines together in the center portion of the canvas. A black circular form in the upper right part of the work is accented with an orange splash of paint.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-87, 1947. Oil on canvas, 40 x 27 1/2 inches (101.6 x 69.9 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
Work Rights Statement: 
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
Image Holding Institution: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Image Collection Name: 
CSM Art Collection: Objects
Image Rights Statement: 
Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum