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Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Meet Dr. Johnson

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6/10/2021

William Doughty , Samuel Johnson , Joshua Reynolds , paper conservation , mezzotint

Early this year the museum was given this portrait of the 17th century English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: East Asian Artworks

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5/13/2021

Asian painting , paper conservation

Our paper conservator and our curator of East Asian art have been examining paintings from storage so we can add information to the curatorial and conservation files.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: 1011 Jerome Street, Cincinnati by Thom Shaw

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4/15/2021

Thom Shaw , Phillip O. Smith , paper conservation

This print came to the paper lab because the original framing method had encouraged distortions to form across the top of the paper.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Étienne Hajdú Transformation

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9/10/2020

paper conservation , embossed print , imprint on paper , Étienne Hajdú , CAMConservation

An amazing transformation took place this summer in the Paper Lab.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: A look at Duchamp’s The Coffee Mill

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8/6/2020

paper conservation , conservation , behind the scenes , 20th century , Marcel Duchamp , conservation internship , stained print , stained paper

In celebration of his 133rd birthday, let’s take a closer look at Duchamp’s intaglio print of a cubist-style coffee grinder currently undergoing conservation in the Paper Lab.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: A Long Title for a Long Print

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7/9/2020

paper conservation , Order of Cincinnatus , Eleventh Cincinnati Exposition , Panorama print , CAC Cincinnati , behind the scenes

This year the Cincinnati Art Museum is again supporting the Contemporary Arts Center by lending a book to their newly opened exhibit, “Tania Candiani: Sounding Labor, Silent Bodies”.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

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6/18/2020

Conservation , behind the scenes , Kita Kizuki , Tale of the Bamboo Cutter , Japanese painting , paper conservation , japanese scroll

Staff members have been very active in the museum galleries for the past month. One of the cases that was due for its regular rotation is the hanging scroll case in Gallery 138.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Time Well Spent

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5/14/2020

paper conservation , stained print , stained paper , Paul Albert Besnard

Our paper conservator has not been in the lab since March, but she is still working on the collection.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Recording Watermarks

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3/19/2020

Martin Schongauer , beta radiography , watermarks , paper conservation , transmitted light

Our paper conservator has been in the darkroom capturing images of watermarks from some of our Old Master prints.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: From One Artist to Another

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12/5/2019

Robert Blum , William Merritt Chase , paper conservation , conservation , behind the scenes

This drawing recently came to the paper lab to have some old paper remnants removed. The drawing is on the back of a letter, and some of the writing was obscured.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: A Troublesome Letter

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10/31/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , Twatchman , letter , John Henry Twachtman , paper conservation

Oil paintings do not usually come to the Paper Lab, but occasionally the conservators share projects, and that is the case here.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Make it better, but keep it the same

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8/8/2019

Helmut Federle , behind the scenes , paper conservation

Sometimes an artist presents us with something that looks good from the front, but when we turn it over we notice that there are problems that can’t be seen when the art is hanging on a wall.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Indian Painting

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6/13/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , paper conservation , indian painting , carl bimel collection

This month a new group of paintings is on display in the Indian gallery.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: A Japanese Fashion Plate

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5/16/2019

keisai eisen , kimono , bijin-ga , paper conservation , conservation , behind the scenes , stations of the tokai road

A group of Japanese prints depicting women wearing elaborate garments was recently in the paper lab.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Helping the Archives

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4/18/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , James W. and Mary Louise McLaughlin , Mary R. Schiff Library and Archives , paper conservation , archival conservation

Between doing conservation treatments for upcoming exhibitions, our paper conservator and her intern are working on a group of documents from the Mary R. Schiff Library and Archives.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Kenyon Cox at the Art Academy

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3/21/2019

behind the scenes , conservation , Kenyon Cox , paper conservation

Kenyon Cox was both a student and a teacher at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. His drawing Satyr and Two Children from 1876 passed through the Paper Lab on its way to the exhibition.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Fashion Accessories come to the Paper Lab

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11/6/2018

behind the scenes , paper conservation , fashion accessories

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Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Collecting Calligraphy

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8/16/2018

behind the scenes , Collecting Calligraphy , Qur'ran , paper conservation

This page from a Qur’an was written in the 13th century in Spain.

Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Qur’an Paper Repair

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7/19/2018

conservation , Collecting Calligraphy , Qur'ran , paper conservation , behind the scenes

ur paper conservator is spending the summer looking very closely at intriguing documents that will soon be on view in Collecting Calligraphy: Arts of the Islamic World.