Frederick Hammersley Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Frederick Hammersley Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 20, 2024
Frederick Hammersley, Untitled
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Frederick Hammersley Untitled 1951 ink on paper 8.5 h x 9.5 w in (22 x 24 cm) Signed and dated to lower edge 'F. Hammersley feb 1951 / 22 feb 51'. Sold with a digital letter of provenance from the Estate of James Grant. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist c. 1955 by James Grant | Thence by descent This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Oct. 10, 2024
Frederick Hammersley, Proverb
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
(New Mexico/Utah, 1919-2009) #13,1973, original artist label verso backing with title date and artist's address, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.; aluminum frame, 24-1/2 x 24-5/8 in. Provenance: Private Collection, Morganton, North Carolina
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 26, 2024
Frederick Hammersley, Knee Portrait
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Frederick Hammersley Knee Portrait 1970 gelatin silver print on Agfa in artist's frame 13 h x 16 w x 1 d in (33 x 41 x 3 cm) This work is number 3 from the edition of 5. Provenance: L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private Collection | Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Photographs, 1 December 2023, Lot 194 | Important Private Collection, California Exhibited: Visual Puns and Hard Edge Poems, 22 June - 5 September 1999, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (traveling exhibition) Literature: Visual Puns and Hard Edge Poems, Walch et al., pg. 18 This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sep. 25, 2024
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Rhyme & reason, #5 1992
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Rhyme & reason, #5 1992 incised with the artist's signature and dated 'F. Hammersley 1992' (lower left); titled and dated again 'Rhyme + reason #5 1992' (on a label affixed to the reverse) oil on linen mounted on wood in artist's frame 9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm.) framed: 12 5/8 in. x 15 5/8 in. (32.1 x 39.7 cm.)
Bonhams
Sep. 25, 2024
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Leap of faith, #10 1992
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Leap of faith, #10 1992 incised with with artist's signature and dated 'Hammersley 1992' (lower right); titled and dated again 'Leap of faith #10, 1992 29 Oct' (on a label affixed to the reverse) oil on rag paper mounted on linen on wood in artist's frame 12 x 9 3/4 in. (30.5 x 4.8 cm.) framed: 15 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (39.7 x 34.6 cm.)
Bonhams
Sep. 25, 2024
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) On red, 1958
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) On red, 1958 incised with the artist's signature and dated 'HAMMERSLEY 58' (lower right); signed again and dated again 'F Hammersley 1958' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 20 x 20 in. 50.8 x 50.8 cm.
Bonhams
Aug. 20, 2024
Frederick Hammersley, Spots
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Frederick Hammersley Spots 1951 gouache and ink on paper 6.125 h x 7.125 w in (16 x 18 cm) Signed and dated to lower edge 'F. Hammersley April 51'. Signed and dated to verso 'F. Hammersley 1951'. Provenance: The Artist | Lee Kirk, Eugene, OR | Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe | Gregory W. Nelson, Taos, NM | Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jun. 20, 2024
Frederick Hammersley, Odd is even
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Frederick Hammersley Odd is even 1965-68 oil on linen 40 h x 40 w in (102 x 102 cm) Signed and dated to lower edge 'Hammersley 1965-68'. Artist's label to verso 'Odd is even #12 1965'. Provenance: Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe | Acquired from the previous in 2004 by the present owner Exhibited: Rules and Exceptions, 17 February - 17 March 1981, LA Louver, Venice, CA Literature: Frederick Hammersley, King and Armitage, eds., pg. 106 This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
May. 14, 2024
Exact Change #26
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
Frederick Hammersley 1919 - 2009 Exact Change #26 signed and dated 1977 (on the reverse) oil on linen 34 ⅜ by 34 in. 87.3 by 86.4 cm. Executed in 1977.
Sotheby's
Dec. 01, 2023
Frederick Hammersley, Knee Portrait
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Frederick Hammersley Knee Portrait 1970 gelatin silver print on Agfa paper in artist's frame 12.5 h x 16 w in (32 x 41 cm) This work is number 3 from the edition of 5. Provenance: L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private Collection Exhibited: Visual Puns and Hard Edge Poems, 22 June - 5 September 1999, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (traveling exhibition) Literature: Visual Puns and Hard Edge Poems, Walch et al., pg. 18 This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Nov. 30, 2023
Frederick Hammersley, Posters (three works)
Est: $500 - $700
Frederick Hammersley Posters (three works) 1977-90 offset lithograph in colors 20.25 h x 17 w in (51 x 43 cm) 28 h x 22 w in (71 x 56 cm) 32 h x 22.5 w in (81 x 57 cm) Lot is comprised of Figure of Speech, produced on the occasion of the 35th Biennal Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. from 26 February - 3 April 1977; Dial Direct, produced on the occasion of the exhibit at Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque from October - December 1986; and Between, produced on the occasion of the exhibit Hard-Edge and Organic Paintings 1962-1989 at Modernism Gallery, San Francisco from 8 March - 28 April 1990. Signed to lower edge of each work 'F. Hammersley'. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sep. 13, 2023
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Tact, #2 1973
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Tact, #2 1973 inscribed with the artist's signature and dated 'F. Hammersley 1973' (lower center) oil on canvas in artist's frame 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.) framed: 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (62.2 x 62.2 x 3.2 cm.) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Aug. 29, 2023
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009), "The Dancer," 1984, Oil on panel, 16" H x 12" W
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) "The Dancer," 1984 Oil on panel With the incised signature and date near the upper edge, at right: F. Hammersley; dated again and titled on a label affixed verso
John Moran Auctioneers
Apr. 12, 2023
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Untitled, 1949 (This work is number nine from the edition of twenty-two. )
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Untitled, 1949 signed, numbered, inscribed and dated 'F Hammersley 20 Nov 1949 9/22- 2nd' (on the reverse) lithograph on board image: 3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 cm.) sheet: 7 x 7 in. (17.8 x 17.8 cm.) This work is number nine from the edition of twenty-two.
Bonhams
Mar. 07, 2023
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Biased #9, 1978 oil on canvas 24 x 24 in.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Biased #9, 1978 oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 22, 2023
Frederick Hammersley, After math, #7
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Frederick Hammersley After math, #7 1985 oil on Masonite in artist's frame 11.5 h x 14.375 w in (29 x 37 cm) Incised signature and date to upper left in composition '1985 F. Hammersley'. Signed and dated to lower side edge of Masonite 'F. Hammersley Jun 1985'. Provenance: The Artist | L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Acquired from the previous, Private Collection, Houston | Aaron Payne Fine Art, Santa Fe Exhibited: Art Basel, Switzerland, 2003 This work will ship from LAMA in Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Dec. 15, 2022
Frederick Hammersley, Act One
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Frederick Hammersley Act One 1950 lithograph on board 7 h × 7 w in (18 × 18 cm) Signed, dated, numbered and inscribed to verso of mat board '#33a F Hammersley 15 jan 1950 1/9 - white 8/38 - 3rd 1/26 general'. Artist's label to verso of mat board 'Act One #33a 3 x 3" 1/9 white 15 Jan 1950 litho'. This work is number 1 from the edition of 9 on white printed, mounted and over-matted by the artist. This work will ship from LAMA in Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Sep. 14, 2022
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Understudy, #6-a 1949
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Understudy, #6-a 1949 signed and dated 'F. Hammersley apr 1949' (on the lower edge of the window mat) lithograph in artist's frame sheet: 3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 cm.) framed: 8 x 8 x 7/8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 x 2.2 cm.) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 14, 2022
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Twixt, #12 1977
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Twixt, #12 1977 signed and dated 'F. Hammersley 1977' (lower center) oil on linen on plywood panel in artist's frame 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (21 x 21 cm.) framed: 9 x 9 x 1 in. (22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm.) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 14, 2022
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Fat free, #16 1987
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Fat free, #16 1987 signed and dated 'F. Hammersley 1987' (center) oil on rag paper on linen on wood in artist's frame 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm.) framed: 12 7/8 x 10 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (32.7 x 27.3 x 3.2 cm.) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Sep. 14, 2022
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Ego I Go, #15 1975
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Ego I Go, #15 1975 signed and dated 'F. Hammersley 1975' (lower center) oil on canvas in artist's frame 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.) framed: 25 x 25 x 1 1/2 in. (63.6 x 63.5 x 3.8 cm.) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 23, 2022
Frederick Hammersley, And so on
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Frederick Hammersley And so on 1984 oil on masonite in artist's frame 15 h × 12 w in (38 × 30 cm) Signed to right edge 'Hammersley 84'. Provenance: Miles McEnery Gallery, New York | Private Collection, California Exhibited: Organic & Geometric, 8 September - 8 October 2011, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Gallery, New York This work will ship from LAMA in Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jun. 14, 2022
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009); Untitled;
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Untitled, 1949 Lithograph on board, signed in ink, dated and numbered 9/22 (on reverse), the full sheet, framed. 3 x 3in (7.6 x 7.6cm) sheet 7 x 7in (17.8 x 17.8cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 03, 2022
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (Utah, United States, 1919 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 2009). Untitled. Oil on canvas. Work verified by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. The canvas has restorations.
Est: €7,000 - €8,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (Utah, United States, 1919 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 2009). Untitled. Oil on canvas. Work verified by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. The canvas has restorations. Size: 41 x 33 cm; 46 x 38 cm (frame). Frederick Hammersley develops a minimalist work that stands out for its plastic purity and its strong visual impact, derived from the simplicity of the forms and the refined use of a few basic colours, which allow him a singular personal and emotive expressive capacity. He was part of the "Four Abstract Classicists" group (along with Karl Benjamin, Lorser Feitelson and John McLaughlin), recognised as an important factor in putting West Coast abstraction on the map and as a notable counterpoint to Abstract Expressionism, then especially prominent on the East Coast. His paintings were featured in 1959 in an exhibition of the same name (Four Abstract Classicists), a show curated by the critic Jules Langsner and organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Langsner explained in his catalogue essay that, as self-described "classicists" and in contrast to the "expressionists", these artists aspired to "balance: thought and feeling, intelligence and intuition, reason and emotion". Four Abstract Classicists is also credited with originating the term "hard-edge painting," which Langsner used in the catalogue to describe the artists' use of flat, coloured forms applied to canvas with sharply defined edges. Abstract Classicism shared with Abstract Expressionism and other types of painting of the time a focus on abstraction and the modernist attitude towards flatness of surface, absence of illusion, and purity and independence of the pictorial medium. Hammersley's experiments with abstraction evolved into his "hunch" paintings, some of which were included in the "Four Abstract Classicists" exhibition, and which completely eliminated all representational imagery. Starting with a shape for which he intuitively chose a colour, he proceeded to complete the work by adding shapes and colours by "feel" or "hunch". In the late 1950s and early 1960s Hammersley moved on to works composed almost exclusively of circles and straight lines and evolving more obviously from the shape of the canvas: the hard-edged geometric paintings for which he became best known. Unlike the "hunch" paintings, the "geometric" ones developed from linear compositions and colour schemes systematically tested in sketchbooks. As Hammersley continued to explore the possibilities of his geometric paintings in the 1960s, the first phase of "organic" paintings emerged. Unlike the "geometric" ones, the compositions of these paintings consisted of organic forms drawn by hand directly onto a chipboard panel with pencil or charcoal and painted with a brush in unmodulated flat colour. Hammersley experimented with a wide range of techniques throughout his long career, including sculpture, graphic design, lithography, silkscreen and collage. From the mid-1990s onwards, a renewed interest in Hammersley's work, as well as in the cultural environment in which avant-garde painting was formed, led to a series of major exhibitions and commercial success he had enjoyed only intermittently during his career. In 1973 he received a Guggenheim fellowship for painting, and in 1975 and 1977, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Between 1999 and 2000 his touring exhibition Visual Puns and Hard-Edge Poems: Works by Frederick Hammersley was shown at the Museum of Fine Arts (Santa Fe), the University of New Mexico and the Laguna Art Museum (California). In 2007 the Pomona College Museum of Art organised the retrospective Hunches, Geometrics, Organics: Paintings by Frederick Hammersley. He is currently represented in major international museums. In Spain his work can be seen at the MACBA in Barcelona.
Setdart Auction House
Apr. 20, 2022
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) No doubt about it, #11 1985
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) No doubt about it, #11 1985 signed and dated 'F. HAMMERSLEY 1985' (on the turning edge) oil on rag paper on linen on wood in artist's frame 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) framed: 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (29.8 x 34.9 cm.) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Feb. 15, 2022
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (Utah, United States, 1919 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 2009). "Composition". Oil on canvas. Work verified by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. The canvas has restorations.
Est: €16,000 - €18,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (Utah, United States, 1919 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 2009). "Composition. Oil on canvas. Work verified by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. The canvas has restorations. Size: 41 x 33 cm; 46 x 38 cm (frame). Frederick Hammersley develops a minimalist work that stands out for its plastic purity and its strong visual impact, derived from the simplicity of the forms and the refined use of a few basic colours, which allow him a singular personal and emotive expressive capacity. He was part of the "Four Abstract Classicists" group (along with Karl Benjamin, Lorser Feitelson and John McLaughlin), recognised as an important factor in putting West Coast abstraction on the map and as a notable counterpoint to Abstract Expressionism, then especially prominent on the East Coast. His paintings were featured in 1959 in an exhibition of the same name (Four Abstract Classicists), a show curated by the critic Jules Langsner and organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Langsner explained in his catalogue essay that, as self-described "classicists" and in contrast to the "expressionists", these artists aspired to "balance: thought and feeling, intelligence and intuition, reason and emotion". Four Abstract Classicists is also credited with originating the term "hard-edge painting," which Langsner used in the catalogue to describe the artists' use of flat, coloured forms applied to canvas with sharply defined edges. Abstract Classicism shared with Abstract Expressionism and other types of painting of the time a focus on abstraction and the modernist attitude towards flatness of surface, absence of illusion, and purity and independence of the pictorial medium. Hammersley's experiments with abstraction evolved into his "hunch" paintings, some of which were included in the "Four Abstract Classicists" exhibition, and which completely eliminated all representational imagery. Starting with a shape for which he intuitively chose a colour, he proceeded to complete the work by adding shapes and colours by "feel" or "hunch". In the late 1950s and early 1960s Hammersley moved on to works composed almost exclusively of circles and straight lines and evolving more obviously from the shape of the canvas: the hard-edged geometric paintings for which he became best known. Unlike the "hunch" paintings, the "geometric" ones developed from linear compositions and colour schemes systematically tested in sketchbooks. As Hammersley continued to explore the possibilities of his geometric paintings in the 1960s, the first phase of "organic" paintings emerged. Unlike the "geometric" ones, the compositions of these paintings consisted of organic forms drawn by hand directly onto a chipboard panel with pencil or charcoal and painted with a brush in unmodulated flat colour. Hammersley experimented with a wide range of techniques throughout his long career, including sculpture, graphic design, lithography, silkscreen and collage. From the mid-1990s onwards, a renewed interest in Hammersley's work, as well as in the cultural environment in which avant-garde painting was formed, led to a series of major exhibitions and commercial success he had enjoyed only intermittently during his career. In 1973 he received a Guggenheim fellowship for painting, and in 1975 and 1977, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Between 1999 and 2000 his touring exhibition Visual Puns and Hard-Edge Poems: Works by Frederick Hammersley was shown at the Museum of Fine Arts (Santa Fe), the University of New Mexico and the Laguna Art Museum (California). In 2007 the Pomona College Museum of Art organised the retrospective Hunches, Geometrics, Organics: Paintings by Frederick Hammersley. He is currently represented in major international museums. In Spain his work can be seen at the MACBA in Barcelona.
Setdart Auction House
May. 14, 2021
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Less on lesson oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. (
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Less on lesson oil on canvas 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Christie's
Apr. 14, 2021
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Two, #20 1959
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY (1919-2009) Two, #20 1959 incised with artist's signature and date 'HAMMERSLEY 59' (lower right); signed again, titled, numbered and dated again ''TWO' F HAMMERSLEY 1959 #20' (on the reverse) oil on linen 39 x 50 in. 99 x 127 cm. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 11, 2021
Frederick Hammersley, One good turn
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Frederick Hammersley One good turn 1980 oil on linen 34 h × 34 w in (86 × 86 cm) Signed and dated to lower edge 'F. Hammersley 1980'. Sold with a digital copy of the original invoice from L.A. Louver. Provenance: L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private Collection, California This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Rago upon request. Rago strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@ragoarts.com to request a condition report.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 11, 2021
Frederick Hammersley, Family tree, #2
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Frederick Hammersley Family tree, #2 1991 oil on board in artist's frame 8.5 h × 11.5 w in (22 × 29 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'F. Hammersley 1991'. Sold with a digital copy of the certificate of authenticity from L.A. Louver. Provenance: The Artist | Frederick Hammersley Foundation | L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private Collection, California Exhibited: Frederick Hammersley Paintings and Works on Paper, 26 April - 24 June 2017, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA Literature: Frederick Hammersley Paintings and Works on Paper 26 April - 24 June 2017, L.A. Louver exhibition catalog, pg. 8 This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Rago upon request. Rago strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@ragoarts.com to request a condition report.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 11, 2021
Frederick Hammersley, Hot & heavy, #5
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Frederick Hammersley Hot & heavy, #5 1990 oil on cotton over board in artist's frame 9 h × 11 w in (23 × 28 cm) Signed and dated to upper edge 'F. Hammersley 1990'. Provenance: L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private Collection, California Exhibited: Frederick Hammersley Paintings and Works on Paper, 26 April - 24 June 2017, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA Literature: Frederick Hammersley Paintings and Works on Paper 26 April - 24 June 2017, L.A. Louver exhibition catalog, pg. 41 This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Rago upon request. Rago strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@ragoarts.com to request a condition report.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Mar. 11, 2021
Frederick Hammersley, Dark & like, #23
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Frederick Hammersley Dark & like, #23 1977 oil on linen 38 h × 38 w in (97 × 97 cm) Signed and dated to lower edge 'F. Hammersley 1977'. Sold with a digital copy of the original invoice from L.A. Louver. Provenance: The Artist | Frederick Hammersley Foundation | L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private Collection, California Exhibited: Frederick Hammersley Paintings and Works on Paper, 26 April - 24 June 2017, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA Literature: Frederick Hammersley Paintings and Works on Paper 26 April - 24 June 2017, L.A. Louver exhibition catalog, pg. 5 This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey. Condition of the item is not included in this description. Condition reports are available from Rago upon request. Rago strongly recommends that you review a condition report for each item on which you plan to bid. Email condition@ragoarts.com to request a condition report.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 15, 2020
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) - Even Steven (#5 1986)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Even Steven (#5 1986) signed and dated 'F. HAMMERSLEY 1986' (lower right edge) oil on wood in artist's frame 12 x 12 1/4 in. (30.5 x 31.1 cm.) Painted in 1986.
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2020
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) - Head on (#15 1985)
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Head on (#15 1985) signed 'F. Hammersley' (lower right); signed again with
Christie's
Aug. 18, 2020
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) - I pay cash, #5 1985
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) I pay cash, #5 1985 incised with the artist's signature and date 'F Hammersley 1985' (above center) oil on panel, in artist's painted frame 91⁄2 x 121⁄2 in. (24.1 x 31.8 cm.) Executed in 1985. Provenance Modernism Inc., San Francisco Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987
Christie's
Jul. 09, 2020
Frederick Hammersley, Getting Warm (#9)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Frederick Hammersley Getting Warm (#9) 1984 oil on plywood in artist's frame 10 h × 13 w in (25 × 33 cm) Signed and dated in image 'Hammersley 84'. Artist's label to verso 'Getting Warm April 1984 #9'. Provenance: Modernism Inc., San Francisco | Acquired from the previous in 1987, Private Collection | Christie's, First Open, 18 December 2018, Lot 30 | Private Collection, California condition: Work shows three small points of superficial soiling along right edge. Overall excellent condition with no indications of restoration or egregious soiling noted. Framed without glazing measuring 12 x 1 x 15 inches.
Wright
Mar. 12, 2020
Frederick Hammersley, Biased #9
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Frederick Hammersley Biased #9 1978 oil on linen 24 h × 24 w in (61 × 61 cm) Incised signature and date to lower right 'Hammersley 1978'. Artist's studio label to verso 'Biased #9 1978 Frederick Hammersley Albuquerque, NM'. Provenance: L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private Collection condition: When examined under UV light, white field shows an older drip mark that was sensitively cleaned while not appearing when examined normal conditions. Excellent condition. Framed without glazing measuring 25 x 25 x 2 inches.
Wright
Sep. 26, 2018
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY - Rhyming, #12
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY - Rhyming, #12
Phillips
Sep. 26, 2017
FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY | Off the cuff
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
paper collage on board
Sotheby's
Nov. 01, 2016
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) Mustard Seed #4, 1977 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (17.5 x 17.5 cm); framed dimensions 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 1 in. (20.6 x 20.6 x 2.5 cm)
Bonhams
Sep. 24, 2015
Frederick Hammersley Jelly Centers, no. 31
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Frederick Hammersley Jelly Centers, no. 31 USA, 1969 computer-generated ink drawing on paper 11 h x 14.75 w inches Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge 'F. Hammersley Jelly Centers 2/12-a'. This work is number 2 from the edition of 12a. Literature: Frederick Hammersley: The Computer Drawings 1969, East, pg. 14 Provenance: L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private collection
Wright
Sep. 24, 2015
Frederick Hammersley Up Down Stick
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Frederick Hammersley Up Down Stick USA, 1970 computer-generated ink drawing on paper 11 h x 14.75 w inches Signed, titled and dated to lower edge 'F. Hammersley Up Down Stick 21 Feb 70'. Literature: Frederick Hammersley: The Computer Drawings 1969, East, pg. 36 Provenance: L.A. Louver, Venice, CA | Private collection
Wright
Mar. 01, 2015
Adjective
Est: $60,000 - $90,000
Frederick Hammersley. Adjective, #9, 1966. Oil on canvas in artist's frame.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Mar. 01, 2015
ENOUGH IS PLENTY, #29
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Frederick Hammersley. ENOUGH IS PLENTY, #29, 1969. Computer generated drawing on paper.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Mar. 01, 2015
Sticks
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
Frederick Hammersley. Sticks, 1953. Oil on canvas board.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
May. 18, 2014
Frederick Hammersley: Untitled
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Frederick Hammersley: Untitled. Lithograph on cardstock mounted to illustration board, 1950, Printed by the artist, Signed and dated in ink "F Hammersley/5 Feb 1950" on illustration board verso; inscribed "5/14 3rd #37 48" and "16 July 51 37B" on illustration board verso. Lithograph: 3" x 3"; Board: 7" x 7". Literature: Frederick Hammersley. Exhibition Catalogue. Venice: LA Louver, 2012. pp 26-33 (similar examples illustrated).
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
May. 18, 2014
Frederick Hammersley: Untitled
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Frederick Hammersley: Untitled. Lithograph on cardstock mounted to illustration board, 1950, Printed by the artist, Signed and dated in ink "F Hammersley/22 Feb 1950" on illustration board verso; inscribed "2/3 lsd 42 42a" on illustration board verso. Lithograph: 3" x 3"; Board: 7" x 7". Literature: Frederick Hammersley. Exhibition Catalogue. Venice: LA Louver, 2012. pp 26-33 (similar examples illustrated).
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Feb. 23, 2014
Frederick Hammersley: Untitled
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Untitled. Printed by the artist. 1950. .
Los Angeles Modern Auctions