Frederick Hammersley

Frederick Hammersley Middle East 1964 Oil on panel Signed and dated; retains artist's label verso; retains California State University, Los Angeles exhibition label verso Canvas: 11.75" x 8"; Frame: 19.25" x 15.25" Exhibited: "Small Image Exhibition," California State University, Los Angeles, 1976.

Property from a Private Collection, Los Angeles Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Ego Lesson, #13, 1992-93 signed and dated 'F. Hammersley / 1992-3' (in the red shape) oil on paper on canvas on panel in artist's frame framed 14 1/2 x 16 1/2in (36.8 x 41.9cm) L.A. Louver, Venice

Frederick Hammersley Figure of Speech 1974-75 Oil on linen Signature lower right; retains artist's label verso; retains LA Louver Gallery label verso; retains Corcoran Gallery of Art exhibition label verso Canvas: 40" x 40"; Frame: 41" x 41" Exhibited: "35th Biennial of Contemporary American Paintings", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February - April 1977 Exhibited: "LA's Risen", Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, August - October 2011 Provenance: Property from a Santa Barbara Collection Categories: Fine Art

Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Side Door signed and dated 'F. Hammersley 1988-89' (upper quadrant) oil on 7-ply Birch 11¾ x 9½in. (29.7 x 24cm.) Painted in 1988-89 Exhibited San Francisco, Modernism, Frederick Hammersley: Hard-Edge & Organic Paintings 1947-1991, September-October 1995. Lot Notes ''Frederick Hammersleys paintings are the best-kept secrets in the art world and easily the most ravishing... since the early 1940s, he has been making abstract paintings full of rigor and cosmopolitan wit.'' Dave Hickey

Frederick Hammersley Two for One 1986 Oil on 100% rag paper on linen on wood Signed and dated in blue paint of canvas over lower center stretcher; retains LA Louver gallery label verso; retains Louis Stern Fine Art gallery label verso; retains artist's label verso Canvas: 7.875" x 10.125"; Frame: 11.25" x 13.625" Provenance: Property from a Santa Barbara Collection Categories: Fine Art