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Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

December 21, 2016 - Susana Hoyos Velasco

The author reducing the orange adhesive stains with solvents using the suction table.

The Edward Ruscha Papers and Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center includes preliminary layout sheets for Hard Light, a collaborative artist’s book published by Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner in 1978. [Read more…] about Ransom Center conservator treats preliminary layouts for Ed Ruscha’s Hard Light

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Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World / Un hogar en todo el laboratorio

September 23, 2016 - Diana Diaz Canas

Durante la planeación de exhibiciones en el Harry Ransom Center, los curadores seleccionan los materiales que consideran más relevantes en las colecciones y que, a su vez, mejor se relacionan con los temas de cada muestra. Posteriormente los restauradores evalúan la condición física de todos los objetos seleccionados, con el fin de entender su fragilidad material, evaluar los posibles riesgos y/o requerimientos específicos para exhibirlos de forma segura, tales como la necesidad de construir soportes exactos y a la medida para libros, o establecer niveles de iluminación para fotografías. En el caso de Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World, se determinó cuáles fotografías podrían beneficiarse de algunos tratamientos de conservación.

[Read more…] about Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World / Un hogar en todo el laboratorio

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Elliott Erwitt: Home around the lab

September 20, 2016 - Diana Diaz Canas

Before treatment - Front with tape residues, and back. Elliott Erwitt (American, b. France 1928), Lawrenceville, New Jersey [Frederick Buechner], 1949. Gelatin silver print, 11.6 x 12.7 cm. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records, Harry Ransom Center. © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos

During exhibition planning at the Harry Ransom Center, conservators assess all objects the curators have chosen for display. Conservators evaluate the condition of [Read more…] about Elliott Erwitt: Home around the lab

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Say it with flowers

April 21, 2016 - Genevieve Pierce

Inscription revealed!

Princess Marthe Bibesco was the quintessential Napoleonic cosmopolite—worldly, literary, political, and modern

[Read more…] about Say it with flowers

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