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FREDERICK HAMMERSLEY: RULES AND EXCEPTIONS
(HAMMERSLEY, FREDERICK). L.A. Louver Gallery Staff. Venice, CA: L.A. Louver Gallery, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (12pp), 22 b&w and 2 color illustrations + b&w back cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography and collections listing. This is the slender twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1981 gallery exhibition of fifteen abstract paintings and nine works on paper by Frederick Hammersley - who along with John McLaughlin, Karl Benjamin, and Lorser Feitelson comprised the "Four Abstract Classicists" featured in the ground-breaking 1959 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition of the same name. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light rubbing to the front cover. Inventory Number: 024460