Interactive Timeline of Ary's Artwork

Representational

Palestine Watercolors

Morocco Drawings

Early Abstracts

New York Folio

Drawings

Prints

Early Mexican

Gouaches

Houston-
Cuernavaca

Leyendas

Early Mexican (1958-1960)

 

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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Black & White #3,
Introspection

1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Museum Collection]
Dos Caciques
Dos Caciques
1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Private Collection]
Scherzo
Scherzo
1960,
acrylic on canvas,
23 x 17 in.,
[Museum Collection]
Balck and White, Horizontal
Black and White,
Horizontal

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
18 x 24 in.,
[Private Collection]
Black and White #2
Black and
White #2

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Private Collection]
Cacique
Cacique
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Calligraphic
Calligraphic,
Arabesque

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Calligraphic in Two Rows
Calligraphic
in two Rows

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
20 x 16 in.,
[Private Collection]
Calligraphic on Pink Background
Calligraphic on
Pink Background

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Chinese Calligrahic in Brown
Chinese Calligraphic
in Brown

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Corner in Atelier
Corner in Atelier
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Design on an Old Wall
Design on an
Old Wall

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Design on an Old Wall
Design on an
Old Wall

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Private Collection]
Mythological Composition
Mythological
Composition

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Indian Design
Indian Design
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
[Foundation Collection]
Kaledioscopic
Kaleidoscopic
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
22 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Legend
Legend
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
22 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Mechanical Age
Mechanical Age
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Mosaic in the Temple
Mosaic in the
Temple #1

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Mosaic in the Temple
Mosaic in the
Temple #2

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Movement in Space
Movement in Space
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Oriental Poem
Oriental Poem
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Persian Poem
Persian Poem
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Snake Spirits
Snake Spirits
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Symbols from a Temple
Symbols from
a Temple

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Textural Variations
Textural Variations
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
18 x 24 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
The Five Spirits
The Five Spirits
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Untitled
Untitled
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
20 x 24 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Untitled
Untitled
c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
18 x 24 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
View from an Airplane
View from an
Airplane

c. 1958-1960,
acrylic on canvas,
24 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]

 

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