Interactive Timeline of Ary's Artwork

Representational

Palestine Watercolors

Morocco Drawings

Early Abstracts

New York Folio

Drawings

Prints

Early Mexican

Gouaches

Houston-
Cuernavaca

Leyendas

Leyendas (1963-1965)

 

It was in the summer of 1963 that Ary gave up gouaches for the most part and embarked on a series of exciting canvases, which he called "Leyendas" (Legends). They had marvelous movement and each represented a world of fantasy —a pagan world, but permeated with glimpses of Egyptian, Byzantine, Coptic, Italian — every kind of culture, which had intrigued him during his lifetime. Manny Greer of the Greer Galleries in New York came down to Mexico that summer and paid a visit to Ary and his wife, Frances. He was wildly enthusiastic about the new canvases. He said he had been combing the studios of Mexican painters and here, in the studio of a veteran American painter, he found the essence of pre-Columbian Mexico that the others lacked. But Ary was adamant about not exhibiting. He had strength only to paint, he said. To be involved in exhibiting would drain too much of the precious store of energy.

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Archaic
Archaic,
Biblical Legend

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 21 1/2 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Black Magic
Black Magic
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
11 x 22 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Ceremonial
Ceremonial
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
19 1/8 x 25 1/8 in.,
[Museum Collection]
Colorful Cutouts
Colorful Cutouts
on Gray Background

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
[Foundation Collection]
Composition in Black and Red
Composition in
Black and Red

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
15 1/2 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Del Parque #1
Del Parque #1
1965,
acrylic on canvas,
14 x 21 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Del Parque #2
Del Parque #2
1965,
acrylic on canvas,
14 x 21 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Design in Brilliant Colors
Design in
Brilliant Colors

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
15 1/2 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Emblems
Emblems
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Fantasy, Balck Magic #2
Fantasy,
Black Magic #2

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
10 x 21 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Figures on Brown Background
Figures on
Brown Background

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Figures on Gray Background
Figures on
Gray Background

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Group with Little Prince
Group with
Little Prince

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
15 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.,
[Private Collection]
Guadalajara
Guadalajara
1964,
acrylic on canvas,
14 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
His Royal Highness the Inca #2
His Royal Highness
the Inca #2

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
14 x 22 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Homage to Goya
Homage to Goya
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
In Persian Spirit
In Persian Spirit
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
14 x 18 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Incantation
Incantation
1963,
acrylic on canvas,
18 1/4 x 24 in.,
[Private Collection]
Indian Dance
Indian Dance
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Man and Woman
Man and Woman
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
13 1/2 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Mediaeval Symbols
Mediaeval Symbols,
Musical Manuscript

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
18 x 22 in.,
[Private Collection]
Moving Figures, Procession
Moving Figures #1,
Procession

1963,
acrylic on canvas,
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.,
[Private Collection]
Moving Figures #2
Moving Figures #2
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
17 x 22 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Orientale
Orientale
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
20 x 16 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Pagan Rites
Pagan Rites
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Sacrificial Dance
Sacrificial Dance
1963,
acrylic on canvas,
16 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.,
[Museum Collection]
The Royal Potentate
The Royal Potentate
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Three Figures on Gray Background
Three Figures with
Gray Background

c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Untitled
Untitled
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 22 in.,
[Foundation Collection]
Untitled
Untitled
c. 1963-1965,
acrylic on canvas,
16 x 20 in.,
[Foundation Collection]

 

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