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) Archives (33) Barcelona City Council (8) Barcelona Libraries (2) Barcelona Municipal Archive (2) CoAC (Association of Architects of Catalonia) (13) Cores (5) Documentation Center of Catalan Orfeó (3) Domènech i Montaner (4) Donau-Universität (Krems AUSTRIA) (2) Francisco Goya y Lucientes (2) Galleries (21) Gazi Husrev-Begova Biblioteka (3) GenCat (Government of Catalonia) (14) Historical Archive of Barcelona (3) Historical Archive of Lleida (4) ICON Book & Paper (2) Industrial Museum of Ter (4) Institute for Photographic Studies (IEFC) (3) INTACH (Dehli) (7) La Pedrera Foundation (3) Libraries (26) Municipal Archive of Renteria (4) Museums (22) Márk Somogyi (3) National Archive of Catalonia (ANC) (8) NSK - National Library and University (Zagreb CROATIA) (5) onLine (12) private collector (17) Provincial Council of Barcelona (DiBa) (4) Public Library of Girona Carles Rahola (7) Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3) Regional Archive la Segarra (2) Regional Archive Urgell (4) Regional Archive Vallès Occidental (4) Research Library of Dubrovnik (CROATIA) (4) Restauratoren Nederland (3) Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (5) Sarrià de Ter Council (2) Sentmenat Municipal Archive (2) SICP (Chile, ARGENTINA) (6) Sitges Museums (4) Tapestry Art Centre Grau Garriga (5) University of Granada (Spain) (4)

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