5. Movement

Still’s work from later in his life featured more active movement than ever before. Forms that once seemed more static or “locked-in” suddenly began to swirl, surge, and explode across the canvas, giving Still’s late works a sense of freedom and openness. Pick your favorite five dynamic works from the eighteen included below to exhibit in the exhibition’s final gallery (scroll all the way down to see the options). Tell us why you chose these paintings when you confirm your votes.
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Bare canvas with abstract yellow shape moving upward in the center and a small black form at the bottom

Clyfford Still, PH-147, 1956.
Oil on canvas, 113 3/4 x 95 3/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown at CSM)

PH-147

Gif of pictures of an abstract painting with brown, red, orange, black, and yellow paint and bare canvas

Clyfford Still, PH-989, 1975.
Oil on canvas, 113 x 93 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Not stretched, never been shown)

PH-989

Abstract painting with large sections of bare canvas and explosions of different paint colors including gold, blue, brown, black, yellow, dark red, and bright red

Clyfford Still, PH-1094, 1979.
Oil on canvas, 116 1/4 x 92 3/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)

PH-1094

Abstract painting with mostly bare canvas and dark orange jagged forms at the bottom resembling flames with jagged white and yellow forms rising from them

Clyfford Still, PH-1066, 1978.
Oil on canvas, 114 x 92 3/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-1066

Abstract painting with a lot of bare canvas and large black splotches in the center moving upwards and smaller green and red splotches on each side of the black paint

Clyfford Still, PH-1093, 1961.
Oil on canvas, 117 x 105 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown at CSM)

PH-1093

Abstract oil painting with some bare canvas visible, a creamy white paint section in the top and middle center, and colorful small splotches of black, red, tan, green, brown, and yellow below

Clyfford Still, PH-858, 1972.
Oil on canvas, 117 x 105 1/2 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-858

Abstract painting with bare canvas, a large black explosion of jagged paint on the left side, a smaller explosion of yellow gold on the other side, and highlights of blue, red, and white

Clyfford Still, PH-1070, 1961.
Oil on canvas, 113 x 145 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-1070

Abstract painting with bare canvas, large splotch of tan and white paint in the middle that looks like it is blowing, with small patches of blue, yellow, and red paint

Clyfford Still, PH-439, 1964.
Oil on canvas, 113 1/4 x 158 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-439

Abstract painting with mostly bare canvas, a large vertical jagged figure on the left in dark red and a more horizontal floating figure in black on the right side

Clyfford Still, PH-259, 1962.
Oil on canvas, 114 1/8 x 168 3/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-259

Abstract painting with bare canvas, goldish tan figures, and highlights of white, orange, black, and purple

Clyfford Still, PH-886, 1973.
Oil on canvas, 114 x 172 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-886

Abstract horizontal painting with some bare canvas and jagged shapes of gold, brown and black moving up like flames, and with highlights of red

Clyfford Still, PH-904, 1973.
Oil on canvas, 114 x 172 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-904

Abstract painting with black, blue, gold, red, maroon, white, and yellow paint in jagged shapes seeming to move up to the corner

Clyfford Still, PH-389, 1963–66.
Oil on canvas, 113 x 159 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-389

Abstract painting with bare canvas, large jagged black form that is triangular and looks like is moving up, dark blue smaller figure, and highlights of yellow and red

Clyfford Still, PH-903, 1973.
Oil on canvas, 93 1/2 x 155 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

PH-903

Abstract oil painting with bare canvas on the sides and a jabbed brown, tan, gold, and black figure that seems to be reaching out from the bottom, with highlights of other colors

Clyfford Still, PH-820, 1971.
Oil on canvas, 94 1/4 x 155 1/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)

PH-820

Abstract painting with bare canvas and fluttery explosions of color including dark blue, gold, black and a small red area

Clyfford Still, PH-994, 1975.
Oil on canvas, 91 3/8 x 78 7/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY