The Art of Clyfford Still Re-emerges

Clyfford Still
© The Clyfford Still Estate

PH-1023, 1976
Despite the fact that Still had no significant connection to Denver, the city won the bid in part because of the efforts of former mayor John Hickenlooper, who personally lobbied Still's widow for the project.

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