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!

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 (4) 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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