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Clyfford Still Unveiled: Selections from the Estate |
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Clyfford Still, 1937, PH 77, Oil on canvas, 43 x 56". © The Clyfford Still Estate. Photo: Peter Harholdt.
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DENVER.-The Clyfford Still Museum announced today that it will present Clyfford Still Unveiled: Selections from the Estate, a special exhibition of thirteen major works by Clyfford Still. The works will be on view from July 14 through September 30, 2007, at the Denver Art Museum , adjacent to the Still Museum s future home. This presentation will afford the first and only sneak preview of the future Clyfford Still Museum prior to its opening in 2010, and will feature artworks from Stills estate, most of which have never been publicly displayed and all of which have been removed from view since the artists death in 1980.
This exhibition will give the public a first glimpse of the incredible paintings and drawings in the Still estate, which the artist has so generously bequeathed to the city of Denver and the Clyfford Still Museum , said Dean Sobel, director of the Clyfford Still Museum . As the museum moves forward with architectural designs for its new home, we know that this exhibition will begin to illustrate the significance of this exceptional gift to our community.
On behalf of the Still family and estate, I am delighted at this early opportunity for the public to enjoy my fathers work, said Sandra L. Still Campbell, one of Clyfford Stills two daughters. We eagerly anticipate the opening of the Still Museum , and welcome the chance to have Stills work shown in the city which will soon be its permanent home.
The works on view will provide an overview of Stills career, demonstrating key moments in his artistic development and the evolution of his signature style. The works to be exhibited include:
Stills little-known early figurative works, depicting the artists personal interpretation of American Scene painting and showing themes evident in his later works
a 1940 self-portrait of the artist
Never-before-seen works on paper dating from 1935-52
Still masterworks dating from the late 1940s through mid 1950s, showing the evolution of Stills mature, purely abstract style
Among the works drawn from the height of Stills Abstract Expressionist years will be 1944-N No. 1, the first version of a nearly identical painting at the Museum of Modern Art . This work presents a fully realized Abstract Expressionist composition executed several years before Stills contemporaries who included Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning had arrived at their own mature styles, and deftly illustrates Stills role as an innovator in the movement.
This special exhibition is part of an ongoing series of programs developed by the Clyfford Still Museum to provide the Denver community with an introduction to Still and his work, in anticipation of the new museums opening in 2010. As part of this series, the museum will present a lecture entitled Who Is Clyfford Still and Why Does He Matter? by Still Museum Director Dean Sobel on July 11, 2007. The lecture will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the Denver Art Museum s Sharp Auditorium.
The Clyfford Still Museum will be a vital addition to the Citys core cultural assets, where ongoing developments have helped to establish Denver as an internationally significant cultural destination, said Erin Trapp, Director of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs. All of us in Denver look forward to showcasing the work of one of America s most noteworthy artists in this special preview presentation and to the opening of the Still Museum in Denver in 2010.
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