Rebecca:

If you have not given up completely on having this work treated, I would
recommend you get in touch with Constanza Bachman at the Cooper-Hewitt
Museum. SHe is one of the top conservators in New York for Works on Paper.






At 03:40 AM 4/30/96 -0700, you wrote:
>I do not now which conservator was queried about this matter, but stains
>from margarine/butter are treatable.
>
>An individual conservator may choose not to treat a particular artifact,
>based upon an examination of the artifact, but that is not the same thing
>as saying that an artifact cannot be treated.
>
>I regularly receive requests to conserve artifacts which I am not
>competent to treat.  When that happens, I refer the inquirer to a
>conservator in whom I have confidence with respect to the artifact in
>question.
>
>Jack C. Thompson
>Thompson Conservation Lab
>Portland, OR
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>On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, Rebecca Andrews wrote:
>
>> I wanted to share this information with the list about a conservation
>> issue with a work of art on paper.  I DID call a conservator first! A
>> recent donation of a silkscreen print came into the museum with 2 blobs of
>> 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' (tub) on the image, much to the chagrin
>> of the donor.  They had very carefully wrapped the print on the kitchen
>> table before coming to the museum. I called a local paper conservator,
>> who said that this is most likely not treatable (grease on paper).
>> Because the paper is a very thick rag, the grease of the butter (NOT)
>> would probably require water in addition to solvents to treat.
>> Unfortunately, these types of inks are water soluable...
>>
>> So we will live with the stains, and isolate the print from
>> others in the collection.
>>
>>
>> Rebecca Andrews
>> Collections Manager, Ethnology
>> Burke Museum
>> University of Washington
>>
>
>
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