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CONSERVATION AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

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CO NSERVATIO N AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO



THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

ISSN 0069-3235

ISBN o-300-II342-0

2005 ? The Art Institute of Chicago. All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- copied recorded, or otherwise, without the written permission of The Art Institute of Chicago.

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fig. 9 photo by Francesca Casadio; pp. 16-23: figs. 2, 6, 9, photos by Barbara Korbel; figs. 4-5, 7, photos by Karen Patzke; pp. 24-29: figs. 1-4, 9-10, photos by Kristi Dahm; fig. 6, ? The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; fig. 7, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, Amsterdam/Rijswijk, the

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Front cover: At top: details of p. 49, fig. 4; at bottom, from left: details of p. 95, fig. 7; P. 14, fig. 9; p. 31, fig. i. Back cover: From left: details of p. 21, fig. 6; p. 84, fig. 4b; p. 49, fig. 5.



CONTENTS

4 DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD

JAMES CUNO

5 INTRODUCTION

ALLISON LANGLEY AND HARRIET K. STRATIS

8 FROM THE MOLECULAR TO THE SPECTACULAR: A STATUE OF OSIRIS THROUGH THE EYES OF A SCIENTIST, A CONSERVATOR, AND A CURATOR

FRANCESCA CASADIO, EMILY HEYE, AND KAREN MANCHESTER

16 BINDING BEAUTY: CONSERVING A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTED BOOKS

BARBARA KORBEL AND JANICE KATZ

24 TARNISHED BY TIME: THE TECHNICAL STUDY AND TREATMENT OF A

REDISCOVERED OLD MASTER DRAWING

KRISTI DAHM

30 SAINT JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS: OBSERVATIONS ON TECHNIQUE, STYLE, AND AUTHORSHIP

FRANK ZUCCARI, ZAHIRA VELIZ, AND INGE FIEDLER

46 CONSERVATION/REVELATION: HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC'S BALLET DANCERS FINDS RENEWED HARMONY FAYE WRUBEL AND FRANCESCA CASADIO

54 PIECEWORK: CONSERVING THE FLORENCE ELIZABETH MARVIN QUILT

LORNA A. FILIPPINI AND CHRISTA C. MAYER THURMAN

6o HODLER'S TRUTH

KRISTIN HOERMANN LISTER, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY SHARON L. HIRSH, FRANCESCA CASADIO, AND INGE FIEDLER

74 "TREATED BY STEICHEN": THE PALLADIUM PRINTS OF ALFRED STIEGLITZ

DOUGLAS G. SEVERSON

80 TIME AND TIDE: RESTORING LORADO TAFT'S FOUNTAIN OF TIME-AN OVERVIEW

BARBARA HALL AND ROBERT AARON JONES

90 UNDER A WATCHFUL EYE: THE CONSERVATION OF SOVIET TASS-WINDOW POSTERS

HARRIET K. STRATIS AND PETER ZEGERS

96 ON TIME: APPROACHES TO THE CONSERVATION OF FILM, VIDEOTAPE, AND DIGITAL MEDIA

SUZANNE R. SCHNEPP

103 GUIDE TO TECHNICAL TERMS

104 NOTES



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