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E A R L Y    M E X I C A N   ( 1 9 5 8  -  1 9 6 0 )

Excerpted from Reminiscences, by Frances Stillman, 1988

It was in 1957 that Ary Stillman again repaired to Mexico following a disastrous year of illness, an eye injury which threatened to become permanent, the loss of his New York studio, and a fruitless search for a suitable home in Paris.

It was early in May that Ary and I took a plane for Mexico City. It was the first time we had flown and I was frightened, but Ary was fascinated by the view from the window -- cities, stretches of country and finally cloud masses. I think he had imagined all this previously, but the actuality was a delight to him. In Mexico City we went to the Hotel Ontario, down in the old section not too far from the Zocalo --typically Mexican of the end of the last century. We discussed where we should locate ourselves, and had almost decided on San Miguel de Allende, when Ary met on the street an artist he knew from New York, Judson Briggs. Judson insisted that we come to Cuernavaca to look it over at least -- the climate was perfect, he said -- it was only about 46 miles from Mexico City and could be reached by bus, and it was ideal in tempo and surroundings for an artist. So off to Cuernavaca we went, and it proved to be the setting for us for five years and for summer vacations for several additional years.

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Cacique The Five Spirits Calligraphic on Pink Background
Cacique
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
The Five Spirits
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Calligraphic on
Pink Background

acrylic on canvas
24 x 18

Mechanical Age Kaleidoscopic Unnamed
Abstraction
Mechanical Age

acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Kaleidoscopic
acrylic on canvas
22 x 18
Unnamed
acrylic on canvas
24 x 20

Chinese Calligraphic Mosaic in the Temple View from an Airplane
Chinese Calligraphic
in Brown

acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Mosaic
in the Temple #1

acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
View from an Airplane
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18

Oriental Poem Persian Poem Symbols from a Temple
Oriental Poem
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Persian Poem
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Symbols from a Temple
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18

Unnamed Movement in Space Textural Variations
Unnamed
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Movement in Space
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Textural Variations
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18

Indian Design Mythological Composition
Indian Design
acrylic on canvas
Mythological Composition
acrylic on canvas
15 1/2 x 15 1/2

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