Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.550.1_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-208.1
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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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1940
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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50 7/8 x 29 3/4 in. (129.2 x 75.6 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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Current Work Location Name:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
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Pullman, Washington
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Work Relation:
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Source for PL-20, 1944
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Work Description:
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A disjointed, abstracted group of figures stands amidst a gloomy grayish setting. The tallest figure's head, shoulders and ribs are clearly visible as they are flat, silhouetted black forms. In front of this figure, two white orbs can be distinguished: one at the figure's chest and the other sits near what might be his proper left hip. Deep crimson hair falls from the form at the figure's chest, and golden yellow strands are seen haloing and trailing from the lower of the two white shapes. The white forms are faceless with no other anthropomorphic features other than the hair-like paint streaks; their bodies merge and disappear amid the largest figure's form.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-208, 1940. Oil on canvas, 50 7/8 x 29 3/4 inches (129.2 x 75.6 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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