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Unframed Blog
| Feb 25, 2019
… Behind the Scenes: Conservation of Power of Pattern The installation of Power … Link https://unframed.lacma.org/2019/02/25/behind-…
Unframed Blog
| Mar 15, 2017
… Sneak Peek: Conservation of Posters for PST LA/LA Later this year, more … losses. Advertisements like this weren’t meant to be art…
Unframed Blog
| Mar 16, 2020
… Conservation of a Mixografía Print from the World’s Largest … some unusual challenges. How do you display a fragile paper …
Unframed Blog
| Mar 31, 2010
… Tea-Soaked Bones and Rabbit-Skin Glue The Conservation Center has got to be the most fascinating area … I dropped in on Don Menveg…
Unframed Blog
| Oct 31, 2019
… Skeleton (or Gelatin?) in the Closet: Conservation of the Diableries You may have seen several … layer, increasing the element of…
Unframed Blog
| Mar 19, 2012
… … Alight Anew in Indian Yellow March 19, 2012 Amy Heibel Conservation Conservator John Hirx immersed in Jesús Rafael … the world…
Unframed Blog
| Aug 21, 2020
… Lighting with Lasers: Conservation uses lasers to Illuminate Bruce Nauman … Nauman Holograms August 21, 2020 Abigail Duckor,…
Unframed Blog
| Sep 22, 2022
… Objects Talk: A Portrait of a Count with Lofty Ambitions … - 12:14 Blog Link https://unframed.lacma.org/2022/09/22/object…
1986 | Wood, metal, beads, pigment, string, and rubber
pioneering Black assemblage artist Betye Saar and art conservator Richard Saar, Alison Saar grew up in ... a household filled with creative energy and a broad range of art objects—all of which fueled her desire to ...
circa 1934 | Oil on canvas
throughout his career. In Essays on Art he expressed his reverence for the simple objects of a still life: ... "We speak about things, but we seldom hear things speak to us. Things, objects, mutely cry to us: ... adventuresome in his figure paintings, in his still lifes he remained conservative for a longer period of time. ...
late 13th-early 14th century | Stucco, carved, traces of paint
found on courtly objects of the period in a variety of media. Combined with the wider trappings of the ... souvenirs of the visit, as several accounts relate. However, long-term conservation and restoration efforts ... reproductions of its ornament from the modern era. As conservation techniques continue to develop and improve, ...
negative 1976, printed 1990 | Gelatin silver print
conservative forces who objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect ...
1976 | Gelatin silver print
when Mapplethorpe's work was condemned by Senator Jesse Helms and other conservative forces who ... objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect Moment, organized by ...
1976 | Gelatin silver print
innocence." This recollection provides a counterpoint to Senator Jesse Helms and other conservative forces ... who, in 1989-90, objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect ...
1985 | Wood, tin, shards and pigment
Betye Saar and art conservator Richard Saar, Alison Saar grew up in a household filled with creative ... energy and a broad range of art objects—all of which fueled her desire to create work reflecting what she ...
1983 | Wood, lead, and rope
Betye Saar and art conservator Richard Saar, Alison Saar grew up in a household filled with creative ... energy and a broad range of art objects—all of which fueled her desire to create work reflecting what she ...
1912 | Oil on canvas
an object. Often, as in this painting and Tanagra, 1918 (National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian ... horizontal composition, and the woman’s fascination with an object that she holds in her hand. In these ... delineation of form Hassam was more conservative in the window series than in his flag paintings of the same ...
1916 | Oil on canvas
complementary color of the rose drape next to the green objects. Breckenridge often borrowed from Matisse the ... device of placing a painting or patterned hanging, here an altar cloth, behind the objects on the table ... often worked closely with Arthur B. Carles (1880-1952), and the two even used the same objects in their ...
circa 1450 | Light yellow marble with black striations
once held a now-missing disk or other indeterminate object, while her raised right hand may have ... Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, 1984. Pal, Pratapaditya; Dehejia, Vidya; ...
circa 1675-1700 | Bidri ware inlaid with silver and brass (tarkashi and tehnishan techniques) | On View
laudatory verses inscribed on prized decorative art objects. Water imagery is replete throughout the ... Text: Photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA Conservation, by Yosi Pozeilov Provenance: Public View: NO 17th ...
8th-9th century | Earthenware with applied decoration
showcases how a ceramicist could skillfully transform a utilitarian object into a playful allusion to their ... to drink an impressive amount of water (roughly 28-30 gallons in a session), and conserve it for ...
circa 1900 | Oil on canvas
paintings, objects were depicted so realistically that many people actually had to touch the canvas before ... they were convinced that the objects they were seeing were painted, not "real." Peto, ... however, was more concerned with the manner in which light could affect an object rather than with the ...
1925 | Oil on canvas
a thinner and flatter appearance. Henri’s portrayal of Ada Harrison is somewhat conservative, probably due ... their wealth and social positions. With an emphasis on material objects and textures, academic artists ... physical world with the objective detail of a photograph. Artists were now encouraged to leave their ...
6th century A.D. | Earthenware
hear conservator John Hirx explain the thermoluminescence testing process, press the audio play button ... /uiconf_id/6232402/partner_id/491681"></script> <object id="kaltura_player_1375240582" ... content="application/x-shockwave-flash"></span> </object> Handbook: Label: Bibliographic Entry: Mintz, Robert. 2014. <em>Japanese ...
1899 | Oil on canvas
painting is deeply conservative. But its essential modernity is announced in subtle ways: the abrupt ... material objects and textures, academic artists immortalized their patrons’ importance in full-length ... impressionists have to record the physical world with the objective detail of a photograph. Artists were now ...
1627 | Oil on canvas
156–65r" (letter dated 22 April 1987, Reni object file, Department of European Painting and Sculpture, ... by his greataunt Maria Isabella, wife and heir of Octavian Ubaldini. Ugo was appointed conservator of ...