Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.544_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-197
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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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1944
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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68 1/2 x 33 inches (174 x 83.8 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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brushwork
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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
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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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Richmond, Virginia
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Work Inscription:
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Clyfford 44
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Description:
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The entirety of this composition is dominated by a strange multi-armed black figure with a white cone-shaped head painted onto a painterly green background. The striking white head is located at the top center of the work, and has a bold red "C" shaped stroke on its face. Various long black tendrils/lines fall from the head-like form down towards the bottom third of the composition where they gather in a boat-shaped mass and loop around a round void located at the bottom left. The bottom right corner of the canvas is painted with a brownish-red pigment, which creeps into the perimeter of the figure at its bottom right side.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-197, 1944. Oil on canvas, 68 1/2 x 33 inches (174 x 83.8 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
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Work Rights Statement:
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© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
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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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