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The paintings conservation
laboratory was established in 1981; one conservator was
on staff at that time. Currently, two conservators care
for paintings in all media at both Carnegie Museum of Art
and the Andy Warhol Museum. The addition of a second conservator
position in 1990 was essential to prepare nearly 1,000
paintings for the opening of The Andy Warhol Museum.
The paintings laboratory is equipped with
a vacuum hot table, a spray booth/exhaust system, a lead-lined
x-ray unit, a large wall-mounted x-ray light box for
assembly and study of x-radiographs, a stereo-binocular
microscope, ultraviolet light stands, an ultraviolet
fluorescence/polarized light microscope, roll storage,
easels, photographic equipment, storage areas, and built-in
cabinetry.
Additionally, the paintings conservators
have participated in research projects in conjunction
with the Center on the Materials of the Artist and Conservator
at Carnegie Mellon University.
Past and current projects include:
Paintings treated for the opening of The
Andy Warhol Museum Treatment of The Crowning of Labor
murals by John White Alexander Treatment of J. M. Whistler's
Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Senor Pablo de Sarasate,
collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum. |
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