MODERN ART
MIKHAIL OVCHINNIKOV
ART CONSERVATION
MODERN SCULPTURES
Beniamino Bufano
Saint Francis of Assisi cast composite stone
AFTER TREATMENT: FRAGMENTS SHOW RECONSTRUCTION MISSING PARTS ACCORDING ARCHIVAL MATERIALS
" JOAN BROWN HEAD" AFTER TREATMENT: SHOWN FRAGMENTS OF SCULPTURE FROM ALL OBSERVATION POSITIONS. ALL RESTORATION OF MISSING AREAS WAS EXECUTED WITH STUDY ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS
CONDITION PRIOR TREATMENT: SCULPTURE WAS EXPOSED OUTSIDE FOR
SOILAGE SPREAD OVER I ENTIRE SURFACE. TREATMENT : AFTER
REMOVAL ALL ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSITS WAS TASK TO COMPENSATE
SOME DESTROYED PLACES , SO IT WAS DEVELOPED METHOD TO
COMPENSATE MISSING AREAS OF COMPOSITION STONE, AFTER
SUCCESSFUL RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED AREAS SCULPTURE WAS
SEALED WITH COATING DEVELOPED In LABORATORY.
SOILAGE SPREAD OVER I ENTIRE SURFACE. TREATMENT : AFTER
REMOVAL ALL ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSITS WAS TASK TO COMPENSATE
SOME DESTROYED PLACES , SO IT WAS DEVELOPED METHOD TO
COMPENSATE MISSING AREAS OF COMPOSITION STONE, AFTER
SUCCESSFUL RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED AREAS SCULPTURE WAS
SEALED WITH COATING DEVELOPED In LABORATORY.
SALVADOR DALI " CRUCIFIXION " La Salle Institute
SEVERAL FRAGMENTS EACH OF
THEM DAMAGED AND CRUMBLED ON
VERY SIMPLE: FIGURE OUT HOW TO
PENETRATE EACH FRAGMENT WITH
ADHESIVE In SUCH WAY THAT
CRACKS WILL BE INVISIBLE, MATCH
POWDERED PARTICLES OF GRANITE
ALLOWED JOIN ALL TOGETHER AND
OF COURSE TO MAKE WISE TO HOLD
ALL ASSEMBLED AND PLANED.
MULTIPLE EXPERIMENTS GAVE
POSITIVE RESULT. IT TOOK ME
MANY WEEKS BEFORE I START TO
FEEL COMFORTABLE AROUND THE
SCULPTURE
THEM DAMAGED AND CRUMBLED ON
VERY SIMPLE: FIGURE OUT HOW TO
PENETRATE EACH FRAGMENT WITH
ADHESIVE In SUCH WAY THAT
CRACKS WILL BE INVISIBLE, MATCH
POWDERED PARTICLES OF GRANITE
ALLOWED JOIN ALL TOGETHER AND
OF COURSE TO MAKE WISE TO HOLD
ALL ASSEMBLED AND PLANED.
MULTIPLE EXPERIMENTS GAVE
POSITIVE RESULT. IT TOOK ME
MANY WEEKS BEFORE I START TO
FEEL COMFORTABLE AROUND THE
SCULPTURE
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS ABOVE SHOWS DIFFERENT SIDES AND FRAGMENTS OF SCULPTURE BEFORE TREATMENT
AFTER TREATMENT
CONDITION AFTER TREATMENT: THESE
SET OF PICTURES SHOW DIFFERENT
FRAGMENTS OF BOTH SIDES OF CROSS
UNDER VARIOUS ANGLES
SET OF PICTURES SHOW DIFFERENT
FRAGMENTS OF BOTH SIDES OF CROSS
UNDER VARIOUS ANGLES
IN PROCESS FRAGMENT
Joan MIRO " la maternité " in Golden Gate Park de Young Museum
CONDITION BEFORE TREATMENT: ON A PRESENTED FRAGMENTS SHOWN ABRASIONS, SCRATCHES -TRACES OF HUMAN ABUSE.
FRONT VIEW OF THE SCULPTURE BEFORE TREATMENT
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCULPTURE AFTER TREATMENT. TREATMENT INCLUDES: CLEANING ENTIRE SURFACE ,REMOVAL WAX AND LACQUER COATINGS, RE PATINATION ABRADED AND SCRATCHED AREAS AND SEALING
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