Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.533_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-181
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Title: 
1947-No. 1
Creation Date: 
1947
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
44 x 41 inches (111.8 x 104.1 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1947
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
Other version of PHX-14, 1946, oil on canvas (private collection)
Work Description: 
A jagged black and white intertwined form rises from the bottom edge and runs off the top left edge. A large golden yellow field of pigment rests at the bottom of the composition, bordering the black and white form on the right and bottom left. Above this field on the right is a darker, golden brown field, and above this field on the left is a dark maroon area. Two small brown shapes float at the top left, one on top of the maroon and one to the right directly over the black figure. Two parallel red dashes, on on top of the other, rest at the uppermost part of the brown form on the right. Two other small flashes appear to the right, and one has orange at its core. Five parallel yellow lines run down along the right side of the black and white form amidst the golden yellow area.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-181, 1947. Oil on canvas, 44 x 41 inches (111.8 x 104.1 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