There are at least two acceptable methods of noting lenders for an art
exhibit (or any exhibit for that matter).  You can either list them all
on a lender "panel" at the end of the exhibition or you can put at the
bottom of each individual artwork label something like "on loan from the
collection of..."  If by stickers, you mean actual adhesive stickers,
the answer is you should never use them because the adhesive may damage
the original artwork, including the frame.  

Jeff Tenuth
Indiana State Museum
640 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204 

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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Labeling borrowed works for an exhibition

Hi all.
 
I tried to search the archives but didn't find anything that "matched".
 
When borrowing works of art for an exhibition, do you put i.d. "labels"
(ie stickers) on the borrowed work, or do you use another method like
tie-tags for identification? Or neither?
 
Thank you!
 
Holly
 
Holly Keris
Curator
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
 
904.899.6018
904.353.4101 fax
 
www.cummer.org <http://www.cummer.org/> 
 

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