this is just heart wrenching to see this, I can only imagine what it did to his family.

the mind is a terrible thing to go to waste. Let's just Pray that they find a cure for this horrific disease soon.

William Utermohlen's story should be told in a movie. His art speaks volumes about his confusion and fear as the disease progressed.

…The clown-style self-portrait is the one I find the most moving and the most disturbing. His terror at what's happening to him is tangible.

that me so sad! he did hAve where with halls for years! he is an artist .

Too painful......

OMG, my heart has broken, anew. This ugly disease took my dad in February 2015.

The last portrait is the saddest. He knows, yet he doesn't know.

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As a lifelong visual artist whose mother died with Alzheimer's, & who has been a care provider for others with dementia & Alzheimer's, I find this series of self-portraits fascinating. Rather than focusing on the decline of his draftsmanship abilities (capability of rendering things representationally), I find myself fascinated by the emergence of such raw emotion in each succeeding piece. In my experience, cognitive function declines well before emotional receptivity...& I see the pain of his struggle to hold on to his sense of self. I'm reminded of the David Bowie song, "Space Oddity." This artist chronicled his mind's journey to the end...& that is a victory in & of itself. Bravo...

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I think that is what he saw looking in a mirror ..Mom looked in Mirror and would say ..That is not me ..What is going on That is not me ..

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I would have guessed this order: '67, 96a, 97a, 97b, 98a, 98b, 96b, 99, 00