Conservation of gouache and watercolour drawing on paper

  • Owner: Private collection Gaboche Ars.
  • Artefact: China ink, pencil, watercolour and gouache drawing.
  • Author: Cesc (artistic name of catalan graphic novel artist Francesc Vila Rufas).
  • Date: 20th c.
  • Damages: Severe discolouration due to light exposure, prevented locally in a few spots along the edge (whiter spots), hence causing significant stains.
  • Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, wash cleaning, deacidification, light bleaching, flattening and inpainting. After deacidification and chemical treatment of discolouration residues the stains werevery much reduced, however, they were further treated by light bleaching, and a final retouch of the less discoloured spots, so that they highlight less.
  • Conservators: Rita Udina.

Before and after conservation of a gouache drawing (digitally merged image)

Clients

AHEH (10) Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5) Archive Barcelona Sants-Montjuïc Dst. (5) Archives (50) Barcelona City Council (13) 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) 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) Márk Somogyi (3) 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 (23) 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 (3) Rijksmuseum (4) Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5) SICP (Chile, ARGENTINA) (3) SICP Chile (3) Sitges Museums (4) Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5) University of Granada (Spain) (4)

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