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An Introduction to Art Conservation

Prepared by the

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works


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Copyright 2008

American Institute for Conservation ofHistoric and Artistic Works

1156 15th Street NW, Suite 320

Washington, DC 20005


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What is Art Conservation?

Image courtesy of Julie Heath & Ann Creager, Lunder Conservation Center.


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Photos courtesy of Samantha Springer (top left), the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts(lower right), and the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.


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Inpainting an oil

painting on canvas

Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, by Lazlo Bodo.


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Consolidating paint on

an architecturalinterior at Shangri La

Photo courtesy of Natasha Loeblich.


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Consolidating

paint on amask from

Papua, New

Guinea

Photo courtesy of Megan McFarlane.


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Basket composed of

organic materials

Ceramics and glass are

inorganic materials

Photos courtesy of Winterthur Museum & Country Estate (right) & Julie Heath, Lunder Conservation Center (left).


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Archaeological

exploration of

Sardis, Turkey

Byzantine shop

Photo by Dylan Smith, courtesy of Kate Cuffari.


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Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, by Lazlo Bodo.

Bathing a workof art on paper


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Stabilization

of a tapestry

Photo courtesy of Christina Ritschel.


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Before and after treatment images of a gelatin silver print

Eugene Smith, Three Generations of Welsh Miners, 1950, gelatin silver print. Photos courtesy of Christina Finlayson and Pau l Messier.


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Photo courtesy of Brian Considine, The J. Paul Getty Museum.

Furniture

conservation

treatment


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Photo courtesy of Tania Collas and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Monitoring a

natural history

collection

exhibit


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Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, taken by Joe Mikuliak.

Conservators

assembling a

Louise Nevelson

outdoor sculpture


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Photos courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Lower left and right photos by Lazlo Bodo.

What do conservators do?


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AICs Code of Ethics

Photo courtesy of Corine Norman.

Surface cleaning

an Andy Warholprint


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Six Primary Activities of

Conservation:

Examination

Documentation

Treatment

Preventive Care

Research

Education

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Oman.


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Examination

Documentation Treatment

Preventive Care

Research Education

Photo courtesy of the Art Conservation Department, Buffalo State College.


Conservation:


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Photos courtesy of Joyce Hill Stoner.

An x-radiograph of N. C. Wyeths sketch for a family

portrait revealed his 1919 illustration The Mildest

Mannered Man inEverybodys Magazine


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Examination

Documentation

Treatment

Preventive Care

Research Education

Photo courtesy of Julie Heath & Ann Creager, Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery.


Conservation:


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Treatment images of a ceramic plate

Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Treated by Kate Cuffari.


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Examination

Documentation

Treatment

Preventive Care

Research Education

Photo courtesy of Anya Shutov.


Conservation:


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Photo courtesy of Adam Novak.

Surface cleaning

a Pablo Picasso

drawing


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Photo courtesy of the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts.

Bathing two

works of art on

paper


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Treatment of an engraved

print from 1553 made up

of 17 sheets of paper for a

total of 15 feet in length

Photo courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington.


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Photo courtesy of Megan McFarlane.

Consolidating

paint on amask from

Papua, New

Guinea


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Reconstruction and

compensation for loss of

a ceramic pitcher

Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, treated by Samantha Springer.


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Sculptures by John

Rogers, during

treatment (above) and

on display at the Luce

Foundation Center,

Smithsonian American

Art Museum (below)

Photo courtesy of Julie Heath, Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery.


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Examination

Documentation Treatment

Preventive Care

Research

Education

Photo courtesy of Anya McDavis-Conway.

Conservator measuring light levels


Conservation:


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Preventive Conservation Includes:

Proper handling

Packing and transport

Housing/storage

Monitoring the environment

Conducting surveys and assessments

Preparing for emergencies

Guidelines for use of artifact or collection


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Photos courtesy of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981. Photo by Chris Smith.

Pablo PicassosHead of a

Womandamaged by light

exposure


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Photo courtesy of Lauren Cox.

Insect damage on

an historic carpet


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Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Photo Debra Hess Norris.

Paper documents and

American Civil War era

swords damaged by

Hurricane Katrina at

Beauvoir, the Jefferson

Davis residential library

and home


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Examination

Documentation

Treatment

Preventive Care

Research

Education

Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.


Conservation:


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Photo courtesy of Susan Buck.

Cross section of a

paint sample from a

historic dining room atEppington,

Chesterfield County,

VA seen at 200x

magnification inreflected visible light


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Examination

Documentation

Treatment

Preventive Care

Research

Education

Photo courtesy of Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Photo by Joyce Hill Stoner.


Conservation:


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Teaching the public about art conservation at the

Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian Institution

Photo courtesy of Julie Heath, Lunder Conservation Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery.


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What can you do tocare for your

collections?

Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Photo by Lazlo Bodo.


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Seven Steps To Preservation:

1. Minimize the effects of light.

2. Provide stable, moderate relative humidity and temperature.

3. Minimize the effects of air pollution.

4. Minimize pest activity.

5. Know how to handle your objects.

6. Know how to display your objects.

7. Know how to store your objects.


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Minimize the effects of light

The moccasin on

the left was light

damaged whileon display;

the moccasin onthe right has

always been keptin storage

Photo courtesy of the National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Kelly McHugh.


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Provide stable, moderate relative

humidity and temperature

Photo provided by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.


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Minimize the effects of air pollution

Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.


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Minimize pest activity

Photo courtesy Paul Messier.

Insect damage to a 19th

century photograph,anonymous photographer.


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Know how to

handle your objects

Photo courtesy of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Photo by Lazlo Bodo.


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Know how to

display your objects

Photo courtesy of Winterthur Museum & Country Estate.


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Know how to

store your objects

Photo courtesy of Jae Gutierrez.


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www.conservation-us.org(202) 452.9545 [email protected]

How to find a conservator


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many thanks to all the individual and institutional members of AIC that

contributed images to make this presentation possible.

Thanks to AIC 2008/2009 Public Outreach Lecture Task Force

members Jae Gutierrez, Yadin Larochette, and Julie Heath for their

work on this presentation.

Sincere thanks to Brett Rodgers of AICfor his contributions to the project.

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