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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Preferred Citation
  • Provenance/Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Note
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Biography
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement
  • Related Material

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Walter Gabrielson papers
    Creator: Gabrielson, Walter
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1830
    Physical Description: 42 Linear Feet (84 boxes, 2 oversize boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1962-2008
    Abstract: Walter Gabrielson (1935-2008) was a southern California painter, sculptor, professor, and arts writer. He served as professor at California State University Northridge (1966-1981) and helped form the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (1973-1988). The collection consists of professional records and writings as well as preparatory drawings, visual reference materials and documentation of his artwork.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    General Physical Description note: 84 document boxes (42 linear ft.)
    Language of Material: English .

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Walter Gabrielson papers (Collection 1830). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Nancy Goldberg, December 3, 2008.

    Processing Note

    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
    Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, 2010.
    The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia  funds.
    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections.  

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9964950623606533 
    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections.  

    Biography

    Walter Gabrielson was born in Orr, Minnesota in 1935 and moved to Inglewood, California with his family in 1953. Gabrielson attended both Chouinard Art Institute and then transferred to the Otis Art Institute receiving his M.F.A in 1965. While still at Otis, Gabrielson worked as a printmaker for the Fantasmagoric Print Workshop and later for the Tamarind Institute. In the fall of 1966, Gabrielson began serving as a professor of art at California State University, Northridge and continued until 1981. During this time he participated actively in the local and national arts community. Most notably he was part of the founding committee of the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art where he served as publications chairman. In 1974, he worked with Ed Wortz to lead an influential seminar through the UCLA extension program focusing on "The Ironic Los Angeles Artist," which included participation from John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, Terry Allen, Karen Carson and many others.
    Gabrielson exhibited his work throughout his life, including one-man and group shows in the Southern California area, as well as nationally and internationally. Notable exhibitions include a two-man show with James Turrell at the ARCO Art Center in 1976, "Decade, Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies" at the Art Center School of Design in 1981, and the "Collection of Michael Blankfort" exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1982. Gabrielson had an ongoing relationship with the Contemporary Arts Forum of Santa Barbara, California, until his death in November 2008.

    Scope and Content

    The collection consists of drawings, photographs, and slides of Gabrielson's work as well as exhibition announcements, exhibition reviews and written works. A large portion of the collection is made of clippings and visual materials Gabrielson used as visual reference. The collection spans Gabrielson's artistic development with the inclusion of slides from early graduate work to drawings created in 2008. Images from various interactions with other local artists are included as well.

    Organization and Arrangement

    The collection is organized by item type at the series level and by work or artistic project within series when applicable. The series are as follows:
    1. Professional documentation, 1962-2008 (boxes 1-3)
    2. Writings and books, ca. 1975-2004 (boxes 3-7, 85)
    3. Artwork, ca. 1975-2008 (boxes 7-32, 84-86)
    4. Sketchbooks, 1976-2007 (boxes 32-37)
    5. Slides and photographs of work, 1962-2008 (boxes 37-46)
    6. Research morgue, ca. 1962-2008 (boxes 47-83)

    Related Material

    Gabrielson, W., Persistence: My Life as an artist. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1993.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Gabrielson, Walter