Conservation of sports posters

  • Owner: Barcelona Municipal Archive (Sants-Montjuïc District).
  • Artefact: Two large scale lithographic posters about the Catalonia Cycling Tour from Sants Sports Club. Also some other smaller posters and a printed brochure about the Tour. 
  • Author: Signed by Ricardo AiA the one from 1941 and by Pallarès (the one from 1942).
  • Damages: Tears, fibre weakening, oxidation, gaps.
  • Intervention: Cleaning, deacidification, consolidation (sizing, lining), flattening, inpainting.
  • Exhibited at: “La volta Ciclista a Catalunya”. C. Creu Coberta, 104. Barcelona (Mo.-Fr. from 10h to 19h, free entrance).

Don’t forget to take a look at the blog post where the restoration is explained in detail, video included!

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AHEH (10) Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5) Archive Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc Dst. (5) Archives (50) Ayuntamiento Barcelona (4) Barcelona City Council (11) Barcelona Municipal Archive (9) CoAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) (15) Cores (5) Documentation Center of Catalan Orfeó (3) Domènech i Montaner (5) Gaboche Ars (3) Galleries (23) Gazi Husrev-Begova Biblioteka (3) GenCat (Government of Catalonia) (19) Historical Archive of Barcelona (3) Historical Archive of Lleida (4) ICON Book & Paper (3) Industrial Museum of Ter (4) Institute for Photographic Studies (IEFC) (3) INTACH (Dehli) (7) La Pedrera Foundation (3) Laura Corso (3) Libraries (29) Municipal Archive of Renteria (4) Museums (25) National Archive of Catalonia (ANC) (8) National Museum of Norway (4) NSK - National Library and University (Zagreb CROATIA) (5) onLine (12) Pere Sacot (3) private collector (24) Provincial Council of Barcelona (DiBa) (5) Public Library of Girona Carles Rahola (7) Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3) Regional Archive Urgell (4) Regional Archive Vallès Occidental (4) Research Library of Dubrovnik (CROATIA) (4) Restauratoren Nederland (4) Rijksmuseum (4) Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5) SICP Chile (5) Sitges Museums (4) Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5) University of Granada (Spain) (4)

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