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Frederick Hammersley : to paint without thinking

Title
Frederick Hammersley : to paint without thinking / edited by James Glisson ; with contributions by Alan Phenix, Kathleen Shields, and Nancy Zastudil.
Publication
  • Seattle : Lucia/Marquand
  • San Marino, CA : The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2017.
  • New York, NY : Artbook/D.A.P.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Glisson, James
  • Phenix, Alan
  • Shields, Kathleen
  • Zastudil, Nancy, 1979-
  • Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, organizer, host institution.
  • New Mexico Museum of Art, host institution.
Description
x, 109 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Summary
American painter Frederick Hammersley (1919-2009) is best known for his hard-edged geometric abstractions. However, their elegant simplicity belies the complex system behind their creation. Thanks to sketchbooks, notebooks and color swatches reproduced in this catalog, the artist's beautiful documentation of his multistep way of working out compositions is on full view. These artworks and archival materials show that rather than an all-at-once creative act, Hammersley's method was step-by-step and structured by rules. Essays by Alan Phenix, a conservation scientist, as well as by Kathleen Shields and Nancy Zastudil, who manage the artist's foundation, bring to light new scientific findings about his paintings.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking, at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens from October 21, 2017-January 22, 2018; and the New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe from May 26, 2018-September 9, 2018."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Director's foreword / Kevin Salatino -- Curators' acknowledgments / James Glisson and Alan Phenix -- Introduction / James Glisson -- Frederick Hammersley / Kathleen Shields -- For the record and straight from the horse's mouth / Alan Phenix -- Working area / Nancy Zastudil -- Not untitled / James Glisson -- Lithography and experimentation / James Glisson.
Call Number
JQF 17-2529
ISBN
  • 9780998681719
  • 0998681717
LCCN
2017025674
OCLC
975487758
Title
Frederick Hammersley : to paint without thinking / edited by James Glisson ; with contributions by Alan Phenix, Kathleen Shields, and Nancy Zastudil.
Production
Seattle : Lucia/Marquand
Publisher
San Marino, CA : The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2017.
Distributor
New York, NY : Artbook/D.A.P.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Glisson, James, editor.
Phenix, Alan, author.
Shields, Kathleen, author.
Zastudil, Nancy, 1979- author.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, organizer, host institution.
New Mexico Museum of Art, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 17-2529
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