Stedelijk Museum Annual Report 2012

Paper Conservation
Conservation Activities
Boetti, Alighiero, Postal Work (Permutation)/Senza numero, collage, 1972
Constant, Mobiel Labyrinth E.S.R. New Babylon, drawing, 1966
Darboven, Hanne, 24 Gesänge: B-Form, installation, 1974
Dibbets, Jan, ‘Comet’ Sea 3° - 60°, photowork, 1973
Malevich, Kazimir, Galant gezelschap in een park, gouache, 1908
Malevich, Kazimir, Dorpje, gouache,1908
Malevich, Kazimir, Naakt met de handen geheven, gouache, 1908
Malevich, Kazimir, Tenhemelopneming van een heilige, gouache, 1907
Malevich, Kazimir, Baadsters op de rug gezien, gouache,1910
Merz, Mario, Fibonacci Napoli, photowork, 1971
Oppenheim, Dennis, Directed Seeding – Canceled Crop, photowork, 1969
Redon, Odilon, Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci, pastel, 1914
Conservation Activities, Framing
Redon, Odilon, Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci, 1914
New Frame and Glazing or Security System
Constant, Mobiel Labyrinth E.S.R. New Babylon, 1966
Darboven, Hanne, 24 Gesänge: B-Form, 1974
Dijkstra, Rineke, Almerisa, Leidschendam, the Netherlands, April 13, 2002, 2004
Dijkstra, Rineke, Almerisa, Leidschendam, the Netherlands, December 9, 2000,
2004
Dijkstra, Rineke, Almerisa, Leidschendam, the Netherlands, June 25, 2003, 2004
Dibbets, Jan, White Table, 1972
Elk Van, Ger, Missing Person Mantlepiece, 1976
Gilbert & George, Autumn Ferns, 1973
Merz, Mario, Fibonacci Napoli, 1971
Oppenheim, Dennis, Directed Seeding – Canceled Crop, 1969
Research
The paper conservation team continued the research project Photographs and
Preservation: How to Save Photographic Artworks for the Future which was part of
the of the NWO-funded program Science4Arts, conducted in collaboration with
Leiden University and Utrecht University. Activities included two plenary meetings at
the Stedelijk Museum. The researchers also visited all the participating museums
(Stedelijk Museum, Kröller-Müller Museum, and Van Abbe Museum) and made an
initial selection of works to be studied by the team. A digital infrastructure called a
Virtual Research Environment (VRE) was implemented in collaboration with Leiden
University, and two meetings were organized to explore it. In August, photography
conservator Clara von Waldthausen gave a course on conserving and managing
modern photography for those participating in the project.
Preliminary research into different methods of color measuring concerning La
perruche et la sirène by Henri Matisse took conservators to the Matisse archive in
Paris. This research continues in 2013.
Projects
The final portion of the Jeroen Henneman gift, which comprises a total of 873
sheets of sketches and drawings, among other components, was mounted in 91
portfolios.
Conservators removed 146 posters from their protective sleeves to be digitally
scanned, after which they were replaced in their sleeves. These scanned
reproductions were hung on the outer walls of the historic grand staircase on the
ground floor of the original building.
Four reproductions of works from the collection were created for the Family Lab,
where original art is not installed. The paper restoration staff supervised the
process, which consisted of photographing the original works and framing the
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