Conservation of a gouache and pastel drawing on impregnated tracing paper
- Owner: Center Grau-Garriga for Textile Contemporary Art (Sant Cugat Council, Barcelona, Spain).
- Artefact: Preliminary drawing for a tapestry. A gouache, charcoal and pastel design on impregnated tracing paper.
- Date: 20th century.
- Damages: Cockling, remarkable tears, dirt.
- Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, reinforcement, backing with japanese tissue (washi). Flattening. Flattening.
- Conservators: Càudia Callau, Hollie Drinkwater, Rita Udina.
- Exhibited at: Center Grau-Garriga for Textile Contemporary Art, Can Quitèria (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain).
- Other links:
- Video of the lecture about conservation of impreganted tracing paper for ICON Book & Paper (includes discussion of this study case). In English with English & Spanish subtitles.
- Video of the lecture about conservation of impreganted tracing paper for the University of Granada (includes discussion of this study case). In Spanish with English & Spanish subtitles, less updated version.
- Facebook album.
- Instagram (below).
Conservation of a gouache and pastel drawing on impregnated tracing paper. Preliminary technical drawing, a design for a tapestry. Before (left) and after conservation (right).
Clients
AHEH (10)
Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5)
Archive Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc Dst. (5)
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Ayuntamiento Barcelona (5)
Barcelona City Council (11)
Barcelona Municipal Archive (9)
Buat Fine Art (3)
CoAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) (15)
Cores (5)
Documentation Center of Catalan Orfeó (3)
Domènech i Montaner (5)
Gaboche Ars (3)
Galleries (24)
Government of Catalonia (19)
Historical Archive of Barcelona (3)
Historical Archive of Lleida (4)
ICON (4)
Industrial Museum of Ter (4)
Institute for Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE) (6)
INTACH (Dehli) (7)
La Pedrera Foundation (4)
Laura Corso (3)
Libraries (29)
Municipal Archive of Renteria (5)
Museums (26)
Márk Somogyi (3)
National Archive of Catalonia (ANC) (8)
National Museum of Norway (4)
NSK - National Library and University (Zagreb CROATIA) (5)
onLine (14)
private collector (26)
Provincial Council of Barcelona (DiBa) (5)
Public Library of Girona Carles Rahola (7)
Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3)
Regional Archive of Vallès Occidental (4)
Regional Archive Urgell (4)
Research Library of Dubrovnik (CROATIA) (4)
Restauratoren Nederland (5)
Rijksmuseum (5)
Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5)
SICP Chile (3)
Sitges Museums (4)
Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5)
University of Granada (Spain) (4)
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Conservation of a gouache and pastel drawing on impregnated tracing paper
- Owner: Center Grau-Garriga for Textile Contemporary Art (Sant Cugat Council, Barcelona, Spain).
- Artefact: Preliminary drawing for a tapestry. A gouache, charcoal and pastel design on impregnated tracing paper.
- Date: 20th century.
- Damages: Cockling, remarkable tears, dirt.
- Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, reinforcement, backing with japanese tissue (washi). Flattening. Flattening.
- Conservators: Càudia Callau, Hollie Drinkwater, Rita Udina.
- Exhibited at: Center Grau-Garriga for Textile Contemporary Art, Can Quitèria (Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain).
- Other links:
- Video of the lecture about conservation of impreganted tracing paper for ICON Book & Paper (includes discussion of this study case). In English with English & Spanish subtitles.
- Video of the lecture about conservation of impreganted tracing paper for the University of Granada (includes discussion of this study case). In Spanish with English & Spanish subtitles, less updated version.
- Facebook album.
- Instagram (below).
Conservation of a gouache and pastel drawing on impregnated tracing paper. Preliminary technical drawing, a design for a tapestry. Before (left) and after conservation (right).
Clients
AHEH (10)
Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5)
Archive Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc Dst. (5)
Archives (50)
Ayuntamiento Barcelona (5)
Barcelona City Council (11)
Barcelona Municipal Archive (9)
Buat Fine Art (3)
CoAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) (15)
Cores (5)
Documentation Center of Catalan Orfeó (3)
Domènech i Montaner (5)
Gaboche Ars (3)
Galleries (24)
Government of Catalonia (19)
Historical Archive of Barcelona (3)
Historical Archive of Lleida (4)
ICON (4)
Industrial Museum of Ter (4)
Institute for Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE) (6)
INTACH (Dehli) (7)
La Pedrera Foundation (4)
Laura Corso (3)
Libraries (29)
Municipal Archive of Renteria (5)
Museums (26)
Márk Somogyi (3)
National Archive of Catalonia (ANC) (8)
National Museum of Norway (4)
NSK - National Library and University (Zagreb CROATIA) (5)
onLine (14)
private collector (26)
Provincial Council of Barcelona (DiBa) (5)
Public Library of Girona Carles Rahola (7)
Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3)
Regional Archive of Vallès Occidental (4)
Regional Archive Urgell (4)
Research Library of Dubrovnik (CROATIA) (4)
Restauratoren Nederland (5)
Rijksmuseum (5)
Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5)
SICP Chile (3)
Sitges Museums (4)
Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5)
University of Granada (Spain) (4)
