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Special Project: Moving an Oversize
Painting The assignment consisted of moving a very large painting to a new location. The problem was that the painting did not fit out the doors. A solution had to be found to move the painting with minimal risk. The time frame was only two weeks and that also included a full surface cleaning.
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1) A large painting (285 cm x 380 cm) required dismantling to be moved to a new location. It did not fit through the door. |
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| 2) Rolling the canvas was far too risky due to the high impasto. |
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| 3) For protection, the central area of the painting was faced with Japanese paper. |
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| 4) The canvas was released from the stretcher and draped over a custon-made support. It travelled by truck to the new building. |
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| 5) The heavy stretcher also had to be dismantled to fit out the door. |
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| 6) Assuring that the stretcher would properly fit the new wall space. |
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7) The painting was restretched, the facing removed and hung in the new location. All nails and staples on the margins were overpainted. No damages occurred throughout this entire moving procedure. |
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