UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.596
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Work Type:
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painting
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Title:
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PH-277
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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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33 3/4 x 19 in. (85.9 x 48.3 cm)
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Work Material Name:
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oil paint
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Work Material Support Name:
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canvas
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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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Oakland, California
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Work Inscription:
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BW
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Work Inscription:
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34 x 19
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Work Inscription:
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Clyfford S 1940
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Work Inscription:
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Pullman Wn Clyfford 1940
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Work Inscription:
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P-277 2 [circled]
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Description:
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This small painting is composed entirely of a figure's head, which is created by an ochre-colored outline and a green eye at the top center of the form. Behind the outline, two opposing forms face each other and create what might be read as a yin-yang correlation. The brown form on the left is slightly smaller than the black form on the right. Separated down the center by a void, their forms echo one another suggesting that they could almost be pushed together to create one complete form.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-277, 1940. Oil on canvas, 33 3/4 x 19 inches (85.9 x 48.3 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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