Van Deren Coke (Venice) — Frederick Hammersley, 1978
Venice, CA: L.A. Louver Gallery, 1978. Exhibition brochure. 8vo. Soft Covers. 10 pp. Very Good. Color and black and white plates. Catalogue accompanies an exhibition at L.A. Louver Gallery September 16 to October, 1978. Essay by Van Deren Coke. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA) (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-1977). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright. .