Ary Stillman
Archaic Spirit

Archaic Spirit
Archaic Spirit
Archaic Spirit
ArtistAmerican, born Belarus, 1891–1967
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Archaic Spirit
Date1953
PlaceUnited States
MediumGouache on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 17 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (44.5 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Lack
Object number57.48
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Tradition and Innovation: A Museum Celebration of Texas Art," February 17 - May 6, 1990.

"Identity and Abstraction," Jewish Community Center, Houston, September 7–October 24, 2008.

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