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WEEKEND ART GALLERY WALK THROUGH

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WEEKEND ART GALLERY WALK
THRU
 THE WORKS OF:

ARTHUR TRESS,
BASCOVE
LETIZIA PITIGLIANI

AND A CONTEST

SATURDAY + SUNDAY

APRIL 4-5, 2020


17th in our FROM THE ARCHIVES series 

The Green Cow, New York 2985 (c)

ARTHUR TRESS

Mr. Tress states that he did this work in 1984.  The only building that was standing at that time was the Central Laundry, across the street from the Tram Station.  I visited the abandoned laundry and photographed some of the rooms.  In one of the rooms the paint from one of Mr. Tress’ work was still on the walls  The laundry building was demolished in the mid 1980’s so I assume this was the place with all the stored hospital and municipal  equipment.  Judith Berdy

The Napping Couch, New York 1984 (c)
Collegiate Roundabout, New York  1984 (c)
Robot Birth, New York 1987 (c)
The  Politics of Language, New York 1984 (c)
Mother Matrix, New York (c) 1984

Can you identify the medical objects in these images?
How many can you find? Send your answers, and the person with the most correct will get a free book of your choice at the RIHS Visitor Center Kiosk. 
Send your responses to JBIRD134@AOL.COM

BASCOVE

Ward’s Island Bridge  Oil on Canvas 26 x 52 inches   (c) Bascove 2005
Smallpox Hospital with Queensboro Bridge  Bascove (c) 2005
Williamsburg Bridge (c) Bascove 1995

LITIZIA   PITIGLIANI

When I moved to Roosevelt Island on 7/7/77 I had a garden level apartment in 580 Main Street.  I had lots of blank white walls.  I had spotted the Op-Sail poster  shown below and decided to purchase one.  I had to have this subway poster sized  (38 x 52″)  artwork framed and managed to squeeze my precious art piece into the back of a Checker taxi.. I had to bribe my father to hang it on the wall for me.   It hung on my wall for many years. As I grew away from acrylic furniture, day beds, director’s chairs  to “real furniture” the poster was given away.

Looking at the on-line auction results, if I held on 35 more years I may have something “valuable.”

Parade of Sail 1977 New York (c) Litizia Pitigliana Association for a Better New York
Sunfish Regatta   Letizia Pitigliani   New York  1977 (c)
Opliner  (c) Litizia Pitigliani, New York 1977
Shriner’s Convention, Letizia Pitigliani  New York 1977 (c)
Macy’s Fireworks Show on the Hudson  Litizia Pitigliani  New York  1977 (c)

EDITORIAL

After such a bleak week, here are the works of three  artists.  We never knew of the work of Arthur Tress while he was here, working most secretly in what I assume to be the old laundry building.  I have known Bascove for years and I encourage you to see all her works on her website.  You will be excited by her new post-bridge art pieces. Her site is bascove.com.

I have a wonderful book of the artwork of Litizia Pitigliani.  I do not have a scanner that is large enough to scan these pieces.

Enjoy your walk thru the galleries.


JudyB

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