>I need to find a good conservator who go on site to look at a painting being
>offered for sale in Chicago. Can anyone recommend a conservator from the
>Chicago area who can evaluate it for condition problems, etc?
>
>Mark
>
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>Mark Ast, PhD
>Curator
>B.W. Schlesinger Foundation
>email: [log in to unmask]

Check with Barry Bauman.  He's the paintings conservator who restored the
Chi. Historical Sociaty's paintings after the 1986 flood.  He's pretty much
the best in the business.

Reach him at:
Chicago Conservation Center
730 N. Franklin. #701
Chicago  60610
312/944-5401
FAX 312/944-5479

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