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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.547
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-203
Title: 
1943-M
Creation Date: 
1943
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
69 3/8 x 32 5/8 in. (176.3 x 82.8 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Richmond, Virginia
Work Inscription: 
PH-203 2 BW [circled]
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1943-M
Work Inscription: 
PH-203 69 1/2" x 33"
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
PHX-37.1
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1384
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B003.027.1
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F013.006
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F013.007
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F016.004
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F017.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F021.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F021.003
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F022.003
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F023.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F023.003
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-21-01-012
Work Description: 
Quasi-abstract forms painted in shades of black, gray and tan completely fill this painting. Recognizable human or animal shapes start to emerge from the darkness, such as the rib cage at the top left corner silhouetted against what seems to be a bright light source. A brown arm bone or shoulder emerges from a source near this rib cage and juts over and down along the right edge of the canvas before transforming into a series of brown and black vertical shapes at the bottom right corner held together by a curving outline reminiscent of some kind of ungulate skull. To the left of this form, another series of rib-like parallel brown lines fall from a bold diagonal line jutting up and into the center of the jumbled mass of form and color at the center of the work. Shades of red, green, white and yellow all can be seen glowing amid the darkness, highlighting other blade or bone-line forms.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-203, 1943. Oil on canvas, 69 3/8 x 32 5/8 inches (176.3 x 82.8 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: Jay Baker, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum