Detail View: Clyfford Still Archives:
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UNIQUE ID:
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CPSA.SB007.B001.F012.001a
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Title:
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Installation view of "Paintings by Clyfford Still", San Francisco Museum of Art, California, March 2-21, 1943
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Creation Date:
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1943
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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7 1/2 x 10 inches (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
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Work Material Medium Name:
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black-and-white film
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Work Material Support Name:
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photographic paper
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Work Technique Name:
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black-and-white photography
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Work Style Period:
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realism (artistic form of expression)
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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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San Francisco, California
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Work Relation:
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PH-1013
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Work Relation:
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PH-933 (destroyed)
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Work Relation:
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PH-936 (lost)
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Work Relation:
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PH-623
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Work Relation:
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PH-554
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Work Relation:
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PH-257
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Work Relation:
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PH-206
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Work Relation:
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PH-96 (lost)
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Work Relation:
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PH-342
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Work Relation:
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PH-748 (lost)
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Work Relation:
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PH-733 (destroyed)
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Work Description:
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This black and white photograph depicts an installation view of the exhibition “Paintings by Clyfford Still” at the San Francisco Museum of Art in California. An unidentified painting occupies a partition in the left foreground. An additional unidentified painting is on display on the far left wall in the background, followed by PH-1013 (1938) and PH-257 (1935) to the left of an arched doorway. PH-206 (1938) and an unidentified painting hang to the right of the doorway. Proceeding clockwise, PH-96 (1941, lost), PH-342 (1937), PH-748 (1938, lost), PH-733 (1940, destroyed), PH-933 (1929, destroyed), PH-936 (1939, lost), PH-623 (1929-30), and PH-554 (1942) line the wall to the right. Still’s first wife, Lillian, and eldest daughter, Diane, appear in the background of the gallery. On view March 2 through March 21, 1943, the retrospective featured a selection of figurative and abstract paintings that spanned the early years of Still’s career. According to the museum’s accession files, the artist submitted thirty-two paintings in total: ten “portraits and landscapes” and twenty-two “less realistic pictures”, although not all of the artworks were shown. The absence of detailed documentation complicates the act of determining which specific artworks were ultimately displayed; however, these photographs serve as visual records that confirm the majority of the paintings presented in Still’s first significant one-person exhibition.
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Citation:
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Installation view of "Paintings by Clyfford Still", San Francisco Museum of Art, California, March 2-21, 1943. Photo by Clyfford Still. Courtesy Clyfford Still Archives © City and County of Denver
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Work Rights Statement:
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© City and County of Denver/ ARS, NY
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Image Date Type:
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creation
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Image Type Format:
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Tiff
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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 Archival Collection: Objects
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Image Rights Statement:
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Photo: Clyfford Still, courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives
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Image Capture Hardware:
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Epson Expression 10000XL
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Image Capture Operating System:
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Macintosh OS X 10.11.1
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Image Capture Software:
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LaserSoft Imaging™ SilverFast® Ai 6
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Image Cataloger Name:
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Kate Landers
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Image Cataloger Role:
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Assistant Archivist
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