Loren Madsen
Suspended Sentence I

ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Suspended Sentence I
Date1982
PlaceUnited States
MediumGraphite and ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 44 1/2 × 30 1/2 in. (113 × 77.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.613
Not on view

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ProvenancePossibly [David McKee Gallery, New York]; Edward R. Broida (1985-2006), by 2007; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"SHIFT: LA/NY," Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, October 7—November 28, 1982.

"Recent Acquisitions: Drawings at the MFAH," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, January 13—May 10, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil recto lower left: "Suspended Sentence (Chi)"
Signed in pencil recto lower right: "Loren Madsen 1982"
Printed labels on verso backboard:

"NEWPORT HARBOR ART MUSEUM / 850 Clemente Drive / Newport Beach, California 92660 / SHIFT: LA/NY / MUSEUM NO. Ex.16.058.1 / ARTIST Loren Madsen / TITLE/DATE Suspended Sentence (1), 1982 / MEDIUM ink and graphite on paper / ... / Collection of the artist

"THE EDWARD R. BROIDA TRUST / 5471"

"DAVID MCKEE INC. / ... / Loren MADSEN (American, born 1943) / suspended Sentence I 1982 / ... / C2536"

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