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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.608
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-290
Creation Date: 
1947
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
35 1/2 x 27 1/8 in. (90.2 x 68.8 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 1947
Work Inscription: 
BW
Work Inscription: 
TOP [with arrow]
Work Inscription: 
©
Work Inscription: 
P-290 [upside down, circled]
Work Inscription: 
35 ½ x 27 ½ Clyfford. 47 S. F. [all upside down]
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1947
Work Inscription: 
1947 PH-290 35 1/2 x 27
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 Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
A muddy brown pigment fills the majority of the work. An irregularly shaped white vertical form stretches from the bottom edge to the top just left of center. Black forms reach into the center of the composition from the bottom left corner and top right corner. A large form rendered in vibrant yellow paint emerges from the right center edge, overlapping the nearby black shape. A smaller black form with splashes of red and white hovers at top left. Two orange dots appear in the top center of the canvas, directly to the right of the white lifeline's apex. Exposed canvas is visible throughout the work in small areas, especially in the yellow form at right.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-290, 1947. Oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 27 1/8 inches (90.2 x 68.8 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