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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.572
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-238
Title: 
1951-No. 1
Creation Date: 
1951
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
92 1/4 x 69 1/8 in. (234.4 x 175.5 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
48 Cooper Square, New York, New York
Creation Location: 
New York, New York
Work Inscription: 
Cooper Sq N.Y.C. Clyfford 1951
Work Inscription: 
PH-238 BW 2 (circled)
Work Inscription: 
Top [underlined]
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford Still '51 49 Cooper Sq
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
PH-240
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S007.SB001.B004.F002.007
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S007.SB001.B004.F002.019
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB002.B003.006
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.084
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S007.SB001.B004.F002.004
Work Description: 
Emerging from the left side of the canvas is a large yellow form with jagged edges. A gray form borders the yellow form's top edge, though the transition is interrupted with several small areas of white. A large black form encroaches upon the yellow form from the right. White and vibrant blue bursts of color shoot through the black form from the upper right corner of the composition, while two vertical forms–one gray and one orange–emerge from right edge of the canvas.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-238, 1951. Oil on canvas, 92 1/4 x 69 1/8 inches (234.4 x 175.5 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