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: 20^th 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, wet cleaning (capillary washing), 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.

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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: 20^th 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, wet cleaning (capillary washing), 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.

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Una publicación compartida de ℝ𝕚𝕥𝕒 𝕌𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒. ℙ𝕒𝕡𝕖𝕣 & 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕤. (@ritaudina_conservation)