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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.1027_2
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-826
Creation Date: 
1972-01
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
82 x 59 1/4 in. (208.3 x 150.6 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
New Windsor, Maryland
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford. 1972 Jan.
Work Inscription: 
PH-826
Work Inscription: 
Jan. 1972 PH-826 2 (circled) BW (circled) 82 x 59
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
A black jagged form rises from the bottom center up towards the center of this vertical composition. A dark purple form sits above the black form, almost as if it has broken off the form below as it rises further up the canvas. At the top center of the work, a blue flicker sits just above the purple form. A creamy white pigment surrounds these central shapes. A fiery, brown, red, and yellow mass fills the canvas on either side of the central motif, leaving only the top left corner and some of the top center around the blue form unpainted.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-826, 1972. Oil on canvas, 82 x 59 1/4 inches (208.3 x 150.6 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