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

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

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 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

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

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