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Excerpted from Reminiscences, by Frances Stillman, 1988

In September 1962, Ary's physical condition was less favorable. Sarah Lack (Ary's sister) suggested that we permanently take one of the apartments which she and her husband owned. We decided to do this and moved back to Houston.

In 1963, Ary accepted the invitation of Dr. Alfred Neumann, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Houston, and Peter Guenther; Chairman of the Art Department, to have a showing of some of his non-representational work at the University for a month beginning sometime in November.

From then on it was a losing fight as far as Ary's physical condition was concerned. When he aroused himself enough to paint, the old spirit was still there and some of his very finest canvases were painted in his last few months. Ary's death occurred on January 28, 1967. He was 76 years old.

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A Fantasy in Blue and Gold Primitive Festival Yellow and Gray
A Fantasy in
Blue and Gold

1964
oil and acrylic on canvas
27 x 36

Primitive Festival
1964
acrylic on canvas
24 x 32

Yellow and Gray
1962
acrylic on canvas
16 x 20

Fantasy Unidentified Carla
Fantasy
acrylic on canvas
18 x 15
Unidentified
1964
acrylic on canvas
Carla
1962
acrylic on canvas
17 x 13 1/2

Dos Gottas Unnamed Unnamed
Dos Gottas
1962
acrylic on canvas
16 x 20
Unnamed
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
20 x 16
Unnamed
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
8 1/2 x 16 1/2

Indian Design Three Panels Shapes on Brown Background
Indian Design
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
6 x 16 1/2
Three Panels
c. 1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
21 x 26
Shapes on Brown Background
c. 1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
21 1/2 x 31 1/2

Unnamed Crowd Three Panels
Unnamed
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
19 1/2 x 21
Crowd
1965
acrylic on canvas
17 x 21
Three Panels
1965
oil and acrylic on canvas
23 1/2 x 16

Sunset Figures Figures
Sunset
1965
acrylic on canvas
17 x 23
Figures
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
17 x 23
Figures
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
15 1/2 x 21

Hallelujah Gothic Four Panels
Hallelujah
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
16 1/2 x 24 1/2
Gothic
c. 1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Four Panels
c. 1964/65
acrylic on canvas
15 x 23

Black Lines Unnamed Unnamed
Black Lines
c. 1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
16 x 20
Unnamed
c. 1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
24 x 28
Unnamed
c. 1960s
38 x 30

Tapestry Tapestry Design
Tapestry
1965
24 x 18
Tapestry
1965
17 x 21 1/2
Design
1965
acrylic on canvas

Two Heads Figures Self Portrait
Two Heads
1966
acrylic on canvas
20 x 24
Figures
1966
oil and acrylic on canvas
24 x 18
Self Portrait
c. 1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
17 1/2 x 13

Study of Carla Unnamed Unnamed
Study of Carla
1962
acrylic on cardboard
17 x 14
Grotesque Figures
c. 1960s
acrylic on cardboard
17 x 14
Structural Study #1
c. 1960s
acrylic on cardboard
13 x 9 1/2

Untitled Panel Y10 Unnamed
Structural Study #2
c. 1960s
acrylic on cardboard
13 x 9 1/2
Panel
c. 1960s
acrylic on cardboard
17 x 14
Unnamed
c. 1960s
acrylic on canvas
16 1/2 x 13

Unnamed Untitled
Unnamed
1966
acrylic on canvas
Untitled
1966
oil and acrylic on canvas
36 x 44
 

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