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Clyfford Still Archives
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CPSA.SB007.B001.F012.001b
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Title:
Installation view of "Paintings by Clyfford Still", San Francisco Museum of Art, California, March 2-21, 1943
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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:
1943
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1943
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Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
7 1/2 x 10 inches (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
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7 1/2 x 10 inches (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
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black-and-white film
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Work Material Support Name:
photographic paper
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Work Technique Name:
black-and-white photography
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Work Style Period:
realism (artistic form of expression)
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realism (artistic form of expression)
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Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
San Francisco, California
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San Francisco, California
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Work Inscription:
Photo found May 1976 - / Three paintings on end wall and one (unidentified) on left not listed in S.F. Mus gift catalog under "listing of Exhibitions"
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Photo found May 1976 - / Three paintings on end wall and one (unidentified) on left not listed in S.F. Mus gift catalog under "listing of Exhibitions"
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Work Relation:
PH-1013
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PH-1013
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Work Relation:
PH-933 (destroyed)
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PH-933 (destroyed)
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Work Relation:
PH-936 (lost)
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PH-936 (lost)
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Work Relation:
PH-623
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PH-623
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Work Relation:
PH-554
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PH-554
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Work Relation:
PH-257
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PH-257
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Work Relation:
PH-206
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PH-206
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PH-96 (lost)
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PH-96 (lost)
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Work Relation:
PH-342
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PH-342
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PH-748 (lost)
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PH-748 (lost)
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PH-733 (destroyed)
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Work Description:
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. As indicated by the handwritten note accompanying the photograph, the absence of detailed documentation complicates the act of determining which specific artworks were ultimately displayed; however, these installation views serve as visual records that confirm the majority of the paintings presented in Still’s first significant one-person exhibition.
work_description_
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. As indicated by the handwritten note accompanying the photograph, the absence of detailed documentation complicates the act of determining which specific artworks were ultimately displayed; however, these installation views 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:
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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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:
© City and County of Denver/ ARS, NY
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© City and County of Denver/ ARS, NY
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Image Date Type:
creation
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Image Type Format:
Tiff
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Image Holding Institution:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
CSM Archival Collection: Objects
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CSM Archival Collection: Objects
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Image Rights Statement:
Photo: Clyfford Still, courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives
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Photo: Clyfford Still, courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives
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Image Capture Hardware:
Epson Expression 10000XL
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Epson Expression 10000XL
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Image Capture Operating System:
Macintosh OS X 10.11.1
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Image Capture Software:
LaserSoft Imaging™ SilverFast® Ai 6
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LaserSoft Imaging™ SilverFast® Ai 6
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Image Cataloger Name:
Kate Landers
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Kate Landers
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Image Cataloger Role:
Assistant Archivist
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Assistant Archivist
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