After Before Entry # 8725

http://postermountain.com/form/posters/pdf/view/8725

Description

Original stone lithograph French 6 Panel printed in 1896. (92in. x 117in.), it is authentic,

used advertisement by the artist Théophile Alexandre Steinlen for a printer named Charles

Verneau. Poster was received mounted to tissue paper with double sided tape used to

hold the overlaps together. The top and bottom sections on the left hand side were

delaminating. The poster had previous restoration and had most likely been conserved

prior to being mounted on the tissue. Areas of the poster were thin, most likely from

previous demounting. The corners had also been eaten away by silverfish.

Procedures

In order to demount and then remount the poster it was separated into the 6 individual

sections of paper it was originally printed on. To accomplish this, the tape was manually

removed from each piece with the use of a heat gun to facilitate the process. However,

because of the tape, some of the overlap was lost. The first piece of the poster was

humidified as a test of how durable the previous restoration was. Once this was

established the poster was gently rinsed and put through an isinglass gelatin process in

order to temporarily apply a hollytex paper facing to the front of the poster in order to

remove the tissue from the back. The tissue was then removed by hand. This process was

then repeated for each of the remaining sections. The poster was then mounted with the

facing still on to a linen and masa substrate using archival glue. The facing was removed

after the poster had cured. The poster was almost completely intact and a minimal amount

of additional restoration was performed. The restoration was contained to the areas in the

black of the two skirts on the left and the top of the basket and the brown skirt on the right.

In these sections the pigment had cracked or lost some of the paper.

Conclusion

Due to the isinglass process and using a facing, we were able to preserve the majority of

the previous restoration work and the original paper. To view a complete documentation of

the steps used to conserve this poster please visit www.postermountain.blogspot.com

Delaminating in top left corner Separation of the overlap in the lower left section.

Top left section in the humidity chamber.

Visible paper loss in some areas due to previous conservation.

Hollytex facing being applied to the front of the poster.

Tissue backing being removed. Poster after being mounted with the facing still on.

performed by Poster Mountain (PM) or Los Angeles Paper Group (LAPG)

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report and to the best of its knowledge all statements and evaluations in this report are true and correct.

II) PM-LAPG stated in the Evaluation Report its own personal, unbiased and professional

analysis, opinions and conclusions, which are subject to the assumptions and limited

conditions in this evaluation report as set forth hereinabove.

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matter of this report and it has no present or prospective personal interests or bias with

respect to the participants in this matter.

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any future anticipated evaluation was not conditioned on any agreement or understanding,

written or otherwise, that it would report (or present analysis in support) as predetermined

specific authenticity, a predetermined evaluation that favors the cause of any party or the

attainment of any specific result or occurrence of a specific subsequent event, such as

value or marketability.

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set forth in this Evaluation Report. If it has relied on significant evaluation assistance from

any individual or individuals in the performance of this evaluation or the appropriation of

this evaluation report, PM-LAPG has named such individuals and disclosed the specific

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qualified to the same extent as PM to perform the task. PM-LAPG has not authorized

anyone to make a change to any item in this evaluation report, therefore, any change

made to this evaluation is unauthorized and PM-LAPG will not take responsibility for it.

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