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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.613
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-295
Title: 
1938-N-No.2
Creation Date: 
1938
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
31 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (79.5 x 64.5 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 38
Work Inscription: 
31 x 25 P-295 2 (circled) Pullman, WA. 1938 #2
Work Inscription: 
PH-295 31 x 25
Work Inscription: 
BW 1938 - N-#2
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
75.18
Work Description: 
A bulky, abstracted figure is set within a blue impastoed setting. Thick, hulking shapes in shades of ocher, red and black are stacked on top and in front of one another to form the figure's torso. A bright white glow emanates either from the figure itself or from a source behind him and out of sight. An upright, grayish bone is depicted on the proper left side of the figure, and rises to form what might be the figure's shoulder. A single wavy gold line rises from his proper right hand at the bottom left, suggesting what may be a wheat stalk. Behind him, a bow-like black tool juts across the scene and off the left edge of the canvas.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-295, 1938. Oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 25 3/8 inches (79.5 x 64.5 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