Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.502_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-122
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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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Creation Date:
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1947
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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55 x 40 1/2 in. (139.7 x 102.9 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 Expressionist
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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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San Francisco, California
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Work Inscription:
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Clyfford 1947 / P-122 1947
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Description:
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Irregular, quasi-figurative forms fill this early abstract composition. A rich black pigment dominates three-fourths of the canvas leaving only the top right corner, which is painted in a light brown. Strange, surrealistic shapes rendered in gray, green, mauve, blue, and white squirm across the composition throughout the black and brown. A thick yellow life-life runs from top to bottom just right of center.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-122, 1947. Oil on canvas, 55 x 40 1/2 inches (139.7 x 102.9 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
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Work Rights Statement:
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© City and County of Denver / ARS, New York
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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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