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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.600
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-281
Creation Date: 
1943
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
35 1/2 x 23 7/8 in. (90.2 x 60.7 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
cloth
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1943
Work Inscription: 
©
Work Inscription: 
1943 PH-281 35 3/4 x 23 3/4
Work Inscription: 
PH-281 2 [circled]
Work Inscription: 
1943 36 x 24 1943
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B002.F006.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B002.F007.003
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B002.F008.001
Work Description: 
The majority of this painting is left unpainted, revealing the blue denim on which the composition was painted. Several lightly painted, uneven white lines snake on top of each other and wind all over the left half and bottom half of this painting creating a jumbled L-shaped mass of white lines on a blue field. The bottom left corner is painted a darker blue color which creeps its way into various voids of the white mass as well. A grouping of red dots is located near the top left area of the white form, a yellow life line appears from the top canvas edge and winds down along the top right perimeter of the white form, and a small area of green and white strokes is located near the right side of the canvas, just below center.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-281, 1943. Oil on cloth, 35 1/2 x 23 7/8 inches (90.2 x 60.7 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