Clyfford Still: The Works on Paper

Clyfford Still Museum

Clyfford Still, PP-38, 1959 (detail). Pastel on paper, 12 x 17.75 in. (30.5 x 45.1 cm) © City and County of Denver / ARS, NY

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Introduction

Clyfford Still (1904–1980) may have explored the potential of drawing more than any other artist of his time. The sheer volume (more than 2,300) and variety of Still’s works on paper reveal the centrality of drawing within ...

Rendering the Sublime

Among Clyfford Still’s remarkable accomplishments was his success in setting conditions for the reception of his work. Dealers and museums—even New York’s venerable Metropolitan Museum of Art—bowed to his dictates ...


The exhibition, Clyfford Still: The Works on Paper, is generously underwritten by U.S. Bank. Additional support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.