Owner: Jean Cocteau Museum (Menton, France). Object: Adami sketches, three oversized drawings on Canson-type paper and caseine media. Measures: 200 x 150 cm. Author: Valerio Adami. Date: 1992. Damages: Cockling and stains due to a flood. Conservation treatment: Wet cleaning … Continue reading
Organization: Icon Book and Paper Group (London). Webinar series #ConservationTogetherAtHome Lecture: Conservation of Impregnated Tracing Paper. This lecture was held first in the Hague (Netherlands), in the Symposium Technical Drawings and Reproductions, organized by Restauratoren Nederland (October 2014). The study … Continue reading
Beneficiary: Universidad de Granada, La Madraza (Spain). Organization: Prof. Teresa Espejo, from University of Granada (Spain). Lecture: Calcos y transparencias, papeles para copiar (Tracing paper, copying papers). Conservation of impregnated tracing from the colection of CoAC (Architects Association). Within the … Continue reading
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Commissioned by: Sitges Museums (Sitges, Spain). Object: Impregnated tracing paper architectural drawing. Author: Lluís Domènech i Montaner, catalan architect (1850-1923). Damages: Yellowing, fragmented artwork, wrinkles, tears, pressure sensitive tapes (several types), ball-point pen inscriptions. Conservation treatment: Varnish … Continue reading
Owner: Sant Cugat Council (Barcelona, Spain). Object: Preliminary drawing for a carpet, an oversized gouache on paper. Measures: 190 x 55 cm. Date: 20th century. Damages: Cockling, big tears, tapes on the back side, glue remnants on the recto, powdery … Continue reading
Owner: Sant Cugat Council (Barcelona, Spain). Object: Preliminary drawing for a tapestry, gouache, charcoal and pastel on impregnated tracing paper. Date: 20th century. Damages: Cockling, big tears, dirt. Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, consolidation, backing with japanese tissue (washi). Flattening. Conservators: … Continue reading
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Commissioned by: ICO Foundation (Madrid, Spain). Object: Tracing paper and onion-skin plans. Proejct of the Montecarlo Palace and desing for Wütrich house in Papagayo (Canary Islands). Author: Fernando Higueras, Spanish architect. Damages: Fragmented … Continue reading
Owner: Private collection. Object: “Gran Pastoral”, gouache on paper, 83 x 112 cm. Author: Joan Ponç, 1948. Damages: The artwork was lined on a Kraft paper with tapes and synthetic adhesives. It had losses and tears, and remarkable oxidation damage. The … Continue reading
Date: 7th october 2014. Place: Nationaal Archive (Den Haag, Netherlands).
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Object: Drawings on pencil and watercolour of the romanesque monastery of Sant Pere de Roda (Girona, Spain). Author: Architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Date: 1905
Owner: Private collection. Artwork: Watercolour drawing by Rafael Estrany. Date: 20th century.
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Object: Plans on tracing paper and onion paper dating 20th century. Damages: Folds on paper, tears, losses, tape stains. Conservation treatment: Stain removal for pressure sensitive tapes, consolidation, flattening. This restoration has been complex enough to … Continue reading
(castellano / català) Owner: Private collection. Artefact: Watercolour drawing by Emili Armengol i Gall. Lantern-summer festival (at Terrassa?) view of Sant Llorenç del Munt (la Mola) at the background (spanish countryside). c.1930. Author: Emili Armengol i Gall, catalan painter and jewler. Some of his artwork … Continue reading