Blue-Black Jumping Jack, 2023

by Max Hammond

Painting : oil, canvas 101.6 x 127 cm 40 x 50 inch

$8,500
LOADING NOT DISPLAYED BLUR TEXT
Second NOT DISPLAYED BLUR TEXT
Have a question? Ask a specialist

Free returns within 14 days

Authenticity guaranteed

Learn more
Paypal American Express Visa Mastercard

Verified Reviews

9.6/10

About the artwork

Type

Unique work

Signature

Hand-signed by artist

Authenticity

Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery

Invoice from the gallery


Medium

Painting: oil, canvas

Dimensions cm inch

101.6 x 127 cm 40 x 50 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: United States

From the time he was four years old Max Hammond was destined to paint, as he began on the walls of his home, a budding muralist. As he ran along the edges of the salt marshes of the Great Salt Lake, he was struck by the inescapable solitude of the vast stretches of this area, from the absolute flatness of the salt flats to the surreal quality of the marshes. It was this desolate landscape he began to paint in college. Earning a B.F.A. at the University of Utah, Hammond was formally trained, emphasizing classical figure drawing in addition to his love for landscapes. After winning a trip to Mexico for six weeks, this rural boy was struck by the way the Mexicans used undiluted colors to bringlife to what appeared to be stark living conditions. It was at this point that color began to take on a new life in his paintings.

Hammond left Utah to begin a M.F.A. in painting at Arizona State University where he won the prestigious Nathan Cummings travel award throughout Latin America, where he was again saturated in a world of color and ancient abstraction. Following his thesis show, he was invited to join the Elaine Horwitch Galleries where he met with instant success. His work is widely collected, and appears in the permanent collections of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Finova Corp., the City of Scottsdale, and the City of Mesa among others. Hammond has had solo shows nearly every year for the past twenty five years. His current work occasionally returns to the figures he originally painted where he weaves in and out of abstraction, sometimes almost recognizable, then blurring to pure color, form and texture.
Read more

About the seller

Bonner David Galleries • United States

Artsper seller since 2021

Vetted Seller


Collector’s Guide

Imagine it at home

Max Hammond, Blue-Black Jumping Jack
Max Hammond

Max Hammond

United States

From the time he was four years old Max Hammond was destined to paint, as he began on the walls of his home, a budding muralist. As he ran along the edges of the salt marshes of the Great Salt Lake, he was struck by the inescapable solitude of the vast stretches of this area, from the absolute flatness of the salt flats to the surreal quality of the marshes. It was this desolate landscape he began to paint in college. Earning a B.F.A. at the University of Utah, Hammond was formally trained, emphasizing classical figure drawing in addition to his love for landscapes. After winning a trip to Mexico for six weeks, this rural boy was struck by the way the Mexicans used undiluted colors to bringlife to what appeared to be stark living conditions. It was at this point that color began to take on a new life in his paintings.

Hammond left Utah to begin a M.F.A. in painting at Arizona State University where he won the prestigious Nathan Cummings travel award throughout Latin America, where he was again saturated in a world of color and ancient abstraction. Following his thesis show, he was invited to join the Elaine Horwitch Galleries where he met with instant success. His work is widely collected, and appears in the permanent collections of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Finova Corp., the City of Scottsdale, and the City of Mesa among others. Hammond has had solo shows nearly every year for the past twenty five years. His current work occasionally returns to the figures he originally painted where he weaves in and out of abstraction, sometimes almost recognizable, then blurring to pure color, form and texture.

Education

1989-1992 M.F.A. Arizona State University  Painting

1988-1984 B.F.A. University of Utah  Painting and Drawing  Magna Cum Laude 

Exhibitions

2014 LA ART Show, Historical | Modern | Contemporary

2013 Bonner David Galleries solo show

2013 Art Santa Fe, international art show

2012 Bonner David Galleries solo show

2011 San Francisco Fine Art Fair

2009 Bonner David Gallery solo show

2008 Bonner David Gallery solo show

2007 Bonner David Gallery solo show

2006 Bonner David Gallery solo show

2004 Bonner David Gallery show

2003 Cold Storage Gallery, Solo show

2003 Celebration of Fine Art

2002 Cold Storage Gallery, Solo show

2002 Modified Arts, PHX AZ 2 person show

2001 Another point of View Solo Exhibition

2001 Cold Storage Gallery, Solo show

2000 Modified Arts, PHX, AZ 2 person show

1999 Wolfryd Selway Gallery, LA. CA Solo Exhibition

1997 New School for the Arts, Group show, Scottsdale, AZ

1997 Union Gallery, Solo Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1996 New Directions Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Scottsdale Center for the Arts

1995 University of Utah, Rolapp show

1994 Plotkin Judaica Museum, Legacy

1994 Arizona State University, Alumni show

1994 Elaine Horwitch Gallery, shelter show

1994 Elaine Horwitch Gallery, small work show

1994 Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona

1993 Food Descending the staircase, Scottsdale Center for the Arts

1993 Elaine Horwitch Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona

1992 Small pieces show, Elaine Horwitch Gallery

1993 Positive/Negative 9, Slocumb gallery, TN

1992 M.F.A. Thesis Show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1992 Art Detour/Art Link, Phoenix AZ

1991 Finders Keepers Mesa Galleria,  Mesa, AZ

1988 Utah 88 Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

1988 Springville Art Museum Exhibition, Springville Art Museum, Springville Utah

1988 Painting Show, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, Utah

1987 Painting Show, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, Utah

Public Art Projects

2003 Red Mountain Public Library, City of Mesa

1998 Urban Design Studio, City of Scottsdale

Awards/ Scholarships

1992 Liquitex Materials Grant

1991 Nathan Cummings Travel Fellowship

1991 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Arizona State University

1990 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Arizona State University

1989 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Arizona State University

1990 Graduate College Scholarship, Arizona State University

1988 Rolapp Award, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

1988 Monterrey Travel Award, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

1987 Mexico Travel Award, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

1987 Departmental Scholarship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

1986 Mary Fuller Scholarship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

1985 Ann M. Cannon Fellowship, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Teaching Experience

2006 Shemer Art Center, Phoenix AZ  Drawing

1991 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Drawing

1990 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Drawing, 2-D Design

Collections 

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Neiman Marcus

Nordstrom Store Scottsdale

Finova Corp

City of Scottsdale

Montgomery Insurance Co. IA

Harding Marketing

Red Mountain Public Library

Desert Samaritan Hospital, Cardiac unit 

Banner Heath Hospital Mesa, Oncology unit

Law firm of James Brown

Law firm of Roska, Heyman & DeWulf

Usinger's Sausage, Milwaukee, WI

American Republic Insurance Co. IA

Cole-Taylor Financial Group, IA 

Articles

2009 Luxe Magazine, Volume 11 Issue 1  Journey on; an artist finds his proverbial way.

2009 Desert Living Magazine, Jan In Living Color, Artist Q&A with Max Hammond

2009 Phoenix Home and garden , July Sitting Pretty

2008 Phoenix Magazine

2005 Phoenix Home and Garden  May, Abstract Vision Painter Max Hammond 

1994 Phoenix Home and Gardens, May, Max Hammond's Magic Boxes

1993 Art Talk, Nov. pp 29 

1993 Scottsdale Progress Tribune, Nov 25 pp11 Bright colors fill Mesa Artists works

1993 Arizona Republic Sunday, Dec 5

1993 pp6 Artist discovers magic in life affirming work

1993 Phoenix Home and Garden, Nov. Craftsman and comfort

1991 Tribune Newspapers, March 3, E4 Galeria Mesa Finders Keepers creates Art from discards

1991 Winter Visitor Independent, Feb 27 Galeria Mesa to open Finders Keepers


Read more
Need help?

How does Artsper protect you?

Protect your purchase

We’re here to help you collect art securely. When you browse and buy on Artsper, you benefit from our guaranteed protections.

Buy works from the best galleries

We partner with the best art galleries. All sellers on Artsper have been carefully reviewed and approved by our team. All of our partner galleries respect our code of ethics.

Know what you’re getting

Each work on Artsper is studied and validated by our team before appearing online. Get personalized support Contemporary art specialists are available by phone and email to answer all of your questions about our works of art. Get personalized advice and curated suggestions for your collection.

Resell your artworks

As a private individual, you have the possibility to resell on Artsper your works acquired on Artsper. For more information click here.

 

Make an offer with Artsper

Negotiate prices

Price negotiation is possible. Like in a gallery, this allows you to open a discussion and purchase your works at your preferred price.

Get our help negotiating

Let our team handle the negotiations and get back to you once the best deal is made.

 

Order safely

Artsper’s satisfaction guarantee

With Artsper, you have the opportunity to return a work free of charge within 14 days of receipt if it does not suit you, for whatever reason. You will then receive a full refund for your order.

Protect your purchase with Artsper’s payment partners

All credit card payments are processed by Paybox, the trusted leader in payment processing for international businesses. Paybox ensures the highest level of security.

Get specialized support from Artsper in the event of a problem

On the rare occasion that a work of art arrives in a different condition than described, we will work to administer a return, refund, restoration or exchange for you. Our team will always keep you informed on the progress of your request and will go above and beyond to offer you personalized solutions.

To benefit from Artsper’s protections you must:

  • Place your order using one of Artsper's payment methods.

  • Report any issues to Artsper within one week of receiving your work.

  • Provide all requested photographic evidence of the problem (including the original artwork and packaging).

Artsper’s guarantee covers the following problems:

  • You receive a work that’s missing a described characteristic (such as a signature or a frame)

  • You receive a work with different characteristics than those described at the time of purchase

  • You receive a damaged piece of work

  • Your purchase is declared lost or damaged during transit

  • You receive a work that is a different in color than what you ordered

  • Your purchase is delayed

Why buy on Artsper?

Artsper gives you access to the largest catalog of contemporary artworks, from the best galleries (200,000 works, 25,000 artists, 2,000 partner galleries).

We select the galleries with which we collaborate. This demanding selection, operated by our team of experts, offers you several guarantees:

  • Double expertise regarding the quality and originality of the works. On the one hand by professional galleries that select their artists and works. On the other hand by Artsper which selects its partner galleries according to the quality of their catalog and their reputation.
  • Access to the entire catalog of works from our partner galleries, sold at the same price as in the gallery.
  • The possibility of returning purchased works (within 14 days) if they do not suit you, wherever you are in the world. Which is not the case outside Artsper.
  • The possibility of easily reselling the work you purchased on Artsper.

We also facilitate the search for works according to your preferences thanks to our intelligent features such as:

Or simply thanks to our filters on the catalog allowing you to refine your searches.

Our customer service is also at your service and responds within the shortest time!

Can I negotiate the price of an artwork?

For some artworks, you can negotiate the price. If the price of the work is negotiable, you have a “Make an offer” button under the “Buy this work” one.

To submit your offer, you must make a payment of the desired amount. Your offer will then be forwarded to the gallery, which reserves the right to accept or reject it. If your offer is accepted, it means that your order is confirmed by the gallery and they will prepare the artwork for shipment. If your offer is rejected, you will be refunded the total amount paid automatically. The gallery can also propose a counter-offer for the acquisition of the artwork.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us: [email protected].

Where can I have my order delivered?

Artsper delivers worldwide!

However, please note that once your order reaches its destination, it may be subject to VAT or other customs fees. These charges are beyond our control and you will be responsible for paying them (this is indicated at the ‘checkout’ first step).

Select the delivery address of your choice. Please make sure that someone is present to receive your order.

If your billing address is different to your delivery address you can specify this at the checkout.

 

Why do I have to pay customs fees?

Return and cancellation

You can return the artwork without needing to provide a reason or pay a penalty fee up to 14 days after receiving your order.

In the case that the right of withdrawal is exercised in the aforementioned time frame, the price of the artwork(s) purchased and the shipping costs will be reimbursed by us as soon as the gallery has received the artwork and notified us.

Artsper will manage the return of the work and will bear the cost of returns (which will either be paid by you and refunded by Artsper or directly paid by Artsper).

The artwork must be returned in perfect condition and in its original packaging (or equivalent).

The buyer exercises his right of withdrawal directly from MUMART, by sending an email to the address: [email protected].

How can I best showcase my work?

If you have bought a painting, a sculpture or a work on paper, find expert advice on its conservation and how to best enhace it:

Go to the orders tab in my purchases to benefit from the exceptional discounts negotiated for you with our framing, pedestal and lighting partners...