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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.539
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-190
Title: 
1946-M
Creation Date: 
1946
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
71 1/8 x 45 3/8 in. (180.6 x 115.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1946-M
Work Inscription: 
45 x 71" P-190 2 BW (circle)
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1946-M 45 x 71
Work Inscription: 
a hole in the black form in the lower left quarter
Work Inscription: 
©
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford - 1946
Work Inscription: 
57 1946 PH-190
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.035.1
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F006.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F006.003
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F008.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F008.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F013.011
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F015.004
Work Description: 
A prominent, thick black line shoots out and upward from the bottom left side of the canvas, cutting through the white of the corner. A dark greenish form seems to be seeping and spreading across the entire canvas, mixing with black and garnet sections of color. Thin accents of white, red and yellow appear in the top portion of the work, curving in various ways. Throughout the canvas, the black acts as an interrupter of solid color, causing a split in what would have been a solid patch of color. The fluidity of the forms exudes a flame-like quality, adding a drama to the work.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-190, 1946. Oil on canvas, 71 1/8 x 45 3/8 inches (180.6 x 115.3 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