Loren Madsen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Madsen, Loren, 1943-
label: Names
content: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
label: Names
content: National Endowment for the Arts
label: Names
content: Pollock-Krasner Foundation
label: Names
content: Pecorino, Jessica
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- California
label: Topic
content: Installations (Art)
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California
label: Topic
content: Awards
creator: label: Creator
content: Madsen, Loren, 1943-
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content: Loren Madsen papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist Loren Madsen measure 5.2 linear feet and 45.82 GB and date from 1969 to 2019. The collection primarily consists of project and exhibition files, and also includes personal business records, correspondence, writings, photographic material, and artwork. There are materials in physical and digital format.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Loren Madsen (1943- ) is an artist in Laytonville, California working mainly in sculpture. Madsen attended Reed College (1961-1963) and UCLA and graduated from UCLA with an MA in 1970. In the 1970s and 1980s he made sculpture using bricks and wood suspended, propped, or balanced in studies of countervailing forces. In the early 1990s, Madsen turned his attention to what he calls "data art," using statistics to determine sculptural form.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.2 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 45.82 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-2019
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.madslore
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Sketches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in six series.

Series 1: Project and Exhibition Files, 1969-2005, 2011-2016 (Boxes 1-3; 3 linear feet, ER1-120; 9.28 GB)

Series 2: Personal Business Records, 1969-2017 (Box 4; 0.2 linear feet, ER121; 0.008 GB)

Series 3: Correspondence, 1973-2015 (Box 4; 3 folders)

Series 4: Writings, 1970-1983, 2001-2005 (Box 4; 0.2 linear feet, ER122-124; 0.399 GB)

Series 5: Photographic Material, 1969-2005 (Box 4; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 6: Artwork circa 1973-1983, 1992-1999, 2012-2019 (Boxes 4-6, RD 7; 1.2 linear feet, ER125-160; 36.13 GB)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Rayna Andrews in 2017. Information about the addition was added in 2019. Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2020 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist Loren Madsen measure 5.2 linear feet and 45.82 GB and date from 1969 to 2019. The collection primarily consists of project and exhibition files, and also includes personal business records, correspondence, writings, photographic material, and artwork. There are materials in physical and digital formats.

Project and exhibition files consist of two subseries: exhibition files, and installations and proposals. These files include materials related to Madsen's solo and group exhibitions, installations, and proposals for unrealized projects. Correspondence, photographic material, sketches, planning documents, clippings, and other material are included in these files in physical and digital format.

Personal business records include materials related to Madsen's New Talent Purchase Award from the Modern and Contemporary Art Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, his NEA Fellowship and Pollock-Krasner Grant, gallery files, and sales and other financial information.

Correspondence consists of letters and cards both to and from Madsen. The majority of the correspondence is professional in nature. 

Writings includes a work by Madsen completed in pursuit of his Master of Arts, notes, an article about
Madsen by Jessica Pecorino, teaching materials, and notebooks. Teaching lectures and supporting materials are in digital format.

Photographic material consists of photographs, negatives, and slides of Madsen's artwork.

Artwork includes eleven sketchbooks; Long Scroll, a 30-foot timeline scroll on paper; and Ephemera, an ongoing series. Also included are extensive digital files depicting Madsen's artwork and work processes through video recordings, photographs, and documents.