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varnish reduction treatment on darkened portrait painting Los Angeles

Painting conservation studio

Contemporary Paintings

DAMIEN HIRST “THE COMPLETE SPOT PAINTING”

BEFORE TREATMENT

THE PAINTING EXHIBITED SURFACE GRIME AND LOCALIZED SMUDGING, WHICH WERE SAFELY REMOVED DURING TREATMENT USING AQUEOUS AND SOLVENT CLEANING METHODS.

THE PAINTING EXHIBITED A TEAR IN THE UPPER CENTRAL QUADRANT; DURING TREATMENT THE CANVAS WAS RELAXED, TORN THREADS WERE REALIGNED AND MENDED, AND THE DAMAGE WAS VISUALLY INTEGRATED.

THE PAINTING EXHIBITED A LOCALIZED DENT; DURING TREATMENT THE SUPPORT WAS GRADUALLY RELAXED AND THE DEFORMATION REDUCED, RESULTING IN IMPROVED PLANARITY OF THE PAINTING SURFACE.

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