Stedelijk Museum Annual Report 2012

eproductions.
Stedelijk Museum Exhibitions
The paper restoration team undertook numerous tasks in preparation for the new
collection presentation, including: framing objects, arranging displays in cases, and
installing works such as Wolfgang Tillmans’s Stedelijk Room and Carl Andre’s
Words.
The Stedelijk’s paper conservationists were involved in preparing and displaying
works for the exhibition Beyond Imagination.
In addition, 42 works were framed for the retrospective MIKE KELLEY. For a work
on paper measuring 4 x 4 meters, a hanging system was designed, constructed,
and applied. Two works were re-framed. Many other tasks were performed in
hanging and installing the exhibition.
Condition Check on Incoming loans Loans for MIKE KELLEY and Beyond
Imagination
For the Mike Kelley exhibition, 104 condition reports on a total of 276 works on
paper were drawn up. Ten condition reports were drawn up for the exhibition
Beyond Imagination.
Materials and Technique for Title Cards
For works-on-paper title cards to be used in the new presentation, 641 descriptions
of materials and technique were made.
Conservation Activities
287 objects of applied art were mounted
430 folders were made for prints and drawings
241 protective poster sleeves were made; posters were provided with a hanging
strip and placed in the sleeves
233 posters were placed in protective sleeves
Framing
236 works were framed and mounted behind glass or acrylic
81 were mounted with a passe-partout
96 posters were framed under acrylic
2 designs for wallpaper and 2 posters were hung with picture-hanging systems and
installed on the wall of vitrines
201 works were hung in vitrines
Condition Check of Acquisitions
In 2012, 20 condition checklists were prepared for photographs, drawings,
gouaches, and posters.
Condition Reports and Outgoing Loans
In 2012, 28 condition reports for outgoing loans were made. The paper restoration
staff accompanied 4 loans to and from other countries and 1 loan to and from a
location in the Netherlands.
Condition Check of Monique Zajfen Collection
The long-term loan of this collection to the museum came to an end in 2012, and 17
detailed condition reports were made on the occasion for works on paper.
Move to Premises
In 2012, the new paper workshop and storage facility on Museumplein were
outfitted so that activities such as restoration, framing, mounting, and fitting picture
hanging systems can be performed on site before and after exhibitions. A
permanent, fully equipped workshop has now been installed in the storage depot,
which affords the required storage space for tools and materials and is equipped
with amenities for mounting and framing.
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