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Frederick Hammersley: To Paint Without Thinking

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Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), See saw, #3, 1966, oil on linen, 44 x 44 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, anonymous gift in memory of Robert Shapazian. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Page 17 of Notebook #3, bound fabric-covered sketchbook with colored pencil and ballpoint pen, 8 1⁄16 × 6 1⁄2 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Study for See saw, #3, 1966, page 20 of Composition Book, sketchbook with graphite and colored pencil, 10 7⁄8 × 8 1⁄4 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Seedling, #4, 1967, screenprint, ed. 17/29, 17 × 12 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Photograph of Frederick Hammersley, 2004. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation.
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), JELLY CENTERS, #31, 1969, from one incomplete set of the series of 72, computer-generated drawing on paper, 11 x 15 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Study for See saw, #3, 1966, Painting Book #2, spiral-bound stenographer’s notebook with pen, 9 1⁄4 × 6 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Like unlike, #6, 1959, oil on linen, 49 × 40 in. Private collection. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), color test swatch, November 1979, oil on paper with pen, 8 x 11 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Adam & Eve, #2 1970, oil on linen on Masonite, 44 × 44 in. Palm Springs Art Museum, 75th Anniversary gift of L.J. Cella and museum purchase with funds derived from previous gift from the Estate of Marjorie Edris © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Installation view of “Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking.”
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), See saw, #3, 1966, oil on linen, 44 x 44 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, anonymous gift in memory of Robert Shapazian. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Page 17 of Notebook #3, bound fabric-covered sketchbook with colored pencil and ballpoint pen, 8 1⁄16 × 6 1⁄2 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Study for See saw, #3, 1966, page 20 of Composition Book, sketchbook with graphite and colored pencil, 10 7⁄8 × 8 1⁄4 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Seedling, #4, 1967, screenprint, ed. 17/29, 17 × 12 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Photograph of Frederick Hammersley, 2004. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation.
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), JELLY CENTERS, #31, 1969, from one incomplete set of the series of 72, computer-generated drawing on paper, 11 x 15 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Study for See saw, #3, 1966, Painting Book #2, spiral-bound stenographer’s notebook with pen, 9 1⁄4 × 6 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Like unlike, #6, 1959, oil on linen, 49 × 40 in. Private collection. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), color test swatch, November 1979, oil on paper with pen, 8 x 11 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Adam & Eve, #2 1970, oil on linen on Masonite, 44 × 44 in. Palm Springs Art Museum, 75th Anniversary gift of L.J. Cella and museum purchase with funds derived from previous gift from the Estate of Marjorie Edris © Frederick Hammersley Foundation
Installation view of “Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking.”

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), See saw, #3, 1966, oil on linen, 44 x 44 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, anonymous gift in memory of Robert Shapazian. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Page 17 of Notebook #3, bound fabric-covered sketchbook with colored pencil and ballpoint pen, 8 1⁄16 × 6 1⁄2 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Study for See saw, #3, 1966, page 20 of Composition Book, sketchbook with graphite and colored pencil, 10 7⁄8 × 8 1⁄4 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Seedling, #4, 1967, screenprint, ed. 17/29, 17 × 12 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Photograph of Frederick Hammersley, 2004. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation.

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), JELLY CENTERS, #31, 1969, from one incomplete set of the series of 72, computer-generated drawing on paper, 11 x 15 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Study for See saw, #3, 1966, Painting Book #2, spiral-bound stenographer's notebook with pen, 9 1⁄4 × 6 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Like unlike, #6, 1959, oil on linen, 49 × 40 in. Private collection. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), color test swatch, November 1979, oil on paper with pen, 8 x 11 in. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), Adam & Eve, #2 1970, oil on linen on Masonite, 44 × 44 in. Palm Springs Art Museum, 75th Anniversary gift of L.J. Cella and museum purchase with funds derived from previous gift from the Estate of Marjorie Edris © Frederick Hammersley Foundation

Installation view of "Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking."

Oct. 21, 2017–Jan. 22, 2018

Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, Susan and Stephen Chandler Wing