Untitled

1960
287.0 x 372.0 cm

Still’s rugged style of color-field painting invites comparison to landscape and recalls the painter’s early years living in the expansive terrain of North Dakota, Washington, and Alberta, Canada. This association applies especially to horizontally oriented compositions, such as this one, in which irregular craggy forms like mighty stalagmites and stalactites, mostly in black and deep red, evoke primordial forces. The artist accentuated the painting’s rocky character by building up areas of the surface with impasto (thick paint) using a palette knife. In 1979, the year before his death, The Met organized a survey of Still’s art—the largest presentation that had yet been organized on his work, and by the Museum on a living artist. In 1986 Still’s widow gave The Met ten paintings by her late husband.

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"Untitled" by Clyfford Still is a landscape composition measuring 287 x 372 cm in the original.

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The artist behind "Untitled" is Clyfford Still. The work is catalogued under Clyfford Still's name.

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Clyfford Still (1904 – 1980)

Clyfford Still (1904-1980) was an American Abstract Expressionist known for his monumental, non-figurative paintings exploring themes of life, death, and nature through dynamic color fields and jagged forms. A pioneer of the movement, his work profoundly influenced modern art.

About this artwork

Title: Untitled
Artist: Clyfford Still
Year: 1960
Original dimensions: 287.0 x 372.0 cm
Format: Landscape
Copyright status: Under copyright
Color intensity: Balanced
Perceived brightness: shadow