Conservation of “The Disasters of War”, by Goya

  • Owner: Private collector.
  • Object: The Disasters of War (“Los desastres de la guerra”), series of 80 prints, dated between 1810 and 1820. They belong to the 1863 first printed edition.
  • Author: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828).
  • Damages: Slight discolouration on the edges, stains of both animal and sinthetic glue, fatty stains and/or other stains, tide lines due to a former bleaching treatment.
  • Conservation treatment: Detachment of the bookbinding, dry cleaning, stain removal, wet cleaning and deacidification, consolidation (mending), flattening under tension.
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  • Conservators: Márk Somogyi, Rita Udina.
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First edition, 1863 (title). CLICK!Wet cleaning and deacidification. CLICK!
Stain removal and mending. CLICK!Bleaching stain. CLICK!
Disasters #52: No llegan a tiempo (detail)Márk Somogyi, mending. CLICK!Flattening under tension. CLICK!Print #51 before and after conservation. CLICK!

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2014 (7) 2015 (5) 2016 (8) 2017 (6) 2018 (14) 2019 (18) 2020 (16) 2021 (7) AHEH (10) Alcon-Cusi Pharmacy Museum (5) Archives (32) Arxiu Comarcal de l'Urgell (4) Arxiu Històric de Lleida (4) Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya (ANC) (8) Barcelona City Council (8) Biblioteca Pública de Girona Carles Rahola (6) Centre de Documentació de l'Orfeó Català (3) CoAC (12) Cores (5) Council of Barcelona (4) Domènech i Montaner (4) Donau-Universität Krems (2) enLínia (11) Galleries (20) Gazi Husrev-Begova Biblioteka (3) Government of Catalonia (13) Industrial Museum of Ter (3) Institute for Photographic Studies (IEFC) (3) INTACH (7) La Pedrera Foundation (Barcelona) (3) Libraries (25) Municipal Archive of Renteria (4) Museums (21) Márk Somogyi (3) NSK National Library and University in Zagreb (Croatia) (5) private collector (16) Regional Archive Baix Ebre (3) Regional Archive Vallès Occidental (4) Research Library of Dubrovnik (Croatia) (4) Restauratoren Nederland (3) Sant Cugat del Vallès Council (Catalonia) (5) SICP Chile (6) Sitges Museums (Catalonia) (4) Tapestry Art Center Grau Garriga (5) University of Granada (Spain) (4)

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