Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.430_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-17
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1949
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
92 5/8 x 69 inches (235.3 x 175.3 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
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1949/PH-17 /92 1/2 x 69/ P-17
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
Segmented white forms are sandwiched between a brown form along the painting's left edge and a swirling black form in the work's bottom right and central quadrants. An orange lifeline splits the white form and dashes of yellow, blue and red are scattered around the brown and black forms.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-17, 1949. Oil on canvas, 92 5/8 x 69 inches (235.3 x 175.3 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