Silent Art Auction Item: ‘Liza on her Bike’ by Tommy Thomas

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‘Liza on her Bike’ by Tommy Thomas

DONATED BY THE ESTATE OF ELLEN ‘PUCKY’ VIOLETT

‘Liza on Her Bike’ is a 10.25″ x 11.75″ x 2″ unsigned construction by local artist Tommy Thomas.

Tommy Thomas, 1920 – 2016

The sculptures and works on paper of Mary “Tommy” Thomas, explore the architectural landscape of the places she loved best: New York City, Long Island’s North Fork and Key West. Through her work as one of the most important photo editors of her time, Tommy made evident the shifting social attitudes, political tenor, and visual landscapes that she was surrounded by and so acutely concerned with.

Tommy began her Constructions in the early 1980s before she had painted, “but not seriously,” she claimed. Her first exhibition at New York’s Touchstone Gallery on 57th Street was a critical and commercial success, with New York Times art critic John Russell declaring it “an outright winner.” Other exhibitions included the Atlantic Gallery, NYC, Arthur Williams Gallery, NYC, Elaine Benson Gallery, Watermill, NY, Gingerbread Square Gallery, Key West, FL, Northridge Gallery, Ridgefield, CT, and the Bay Street Theatre Gallery in Sag Harbor.

Tommy was good to the North Fork Women for Women Fund community. We still remember and miss her.

FMV $1,000