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The AIC Paintings Specialty Group POSTPRINTS V O L U M E T W E N T Y - E I G H T 2 0 1 5 Papers Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Miami, Florida, May 13–16, 2015 Compiled by Barbara Buckley The Paintings Specialty Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works 2014–2015 Offi cers Chair MATT CUSHMAN Program Chair PATRICIA O’REGAN Assistant Program Chair JENNIFER HICKEY Secretary/Treasurer ERIN STEPHENSON Nominating Committee ELISE EFFMANN CLIFFORD, Chair KATRINA BARTLETT RUSH, AND KRISTIN PATTERSON Listserv Moderator CHRIS STAVROUDIS Postprint Publications Chair BARBARA BUCKLEY Painting Conservation Catalog, Project Director JUDY DION PSG Chief Wiki Editor ERICA E JAMES Web Editor CHRISTINA MILTON O’CONNELL The AIC Paintings Specialty Group POSTPRINTS V O L U M E T W E N T Y – E I G H T 2 0 1 5 Papers Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Miami, Florida, May 13–16, 2015 Compiled by Barbara Buckley Copyright © 2018 by the Paintings Specialty Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1156 15th St., NW, Suite 320, Washington DC 20005. 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Printed in the United States of America Cover photograph courtesy of Meg Newburger Editing and layout: Aptara AIC PAINTINGS SPECIALTY GROUP P O S T P R I N T S VOLUME 28 2015 ANNUAL MEETING Papers Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Miami, Florida May 13–16, 2015 Paintings Specialty Group Sessions Friday, May 15, 2015 The Treatment of Dr. William Hartigan by Gilbert Stuart or the Treatment of Gilbert Stuart by Dr. William Hartigan JOANNA DUNN .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Rediscovering Renoir: Materials and Technique in the Paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir at the Art Institute of Chicago KELLY KEEGAN and INGE FIEDLER ................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Other Woman: The Nature of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s Breton Girl CAITLIN BREARE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Fracture or Facture: Interpreting Intent during the Treatment and Analysis of Georges Braque’s Ajax ALLISON LANGLEY, K EN SUTHERLAND, F RANCESCA CASADIO, and SONIA MACCAGNOLA .................................................................... 35 A Wealth of Optical Expression: László Moholy-Nagy’s Works in the Collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum JULIE BARTEN, F RANCESCA CASADIO, J OHANNA SALVANT, C AROL STRINGARI, K EN SUTHERLAND, and MARC W ALTON ........................ 41 Response and Interplay between Artist and Materials in the Late Paintings of Barnett Newman BRADFORD A. EPLEY and CORINA ROGGE .................................................................................................................................... 55 Saturday, May 16, 2015 Testing the Limits: The Theoretical Development and Practical Reality of a Large-Scale Agarose Gel Treatment for a Discolored Morris Louis (Abstract) SAMANTHA SKELTON, C ORINA ROGGE, and ZAHIRA V ELIZ BOMFORD ............................................................................................. 65 From Spit to Space: The Use of Traditional and New Techniques to Conserve a Fire-Damaged Collection SHAUNA Y OUNG and SUZANNE SIANO ........................................................................................................................................... 67 Airbrushing in the Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Painted Artworks NINA L. ENGEL and SUZANNE SIANO ............................................................................................................................................ 79 Mapping the Nonideal: Refl ections on Graphical Representation of Solubility Parameters as a Tool in Conservation Practice ALAN PHENIX and AGATA GRACZYK ............................................................................................................................................. 89 Researching and Presenting Fragments of Late 17th- and 18th-Century Dutch Painted Chambers: “Re-Presenting” Jurriaan Andriessen (1743–1819), a Case-Study LISETTE V OS, R ICHARD HARMANNI, I GE V ERSLYPE, J OSEPHINA de FOUW, J ENNY REYNAERTS, and MARGRIET van EIKEMA HOMMES ................................................................................................................................................. 99 AIC Paintings Specialty Group Postprints 28 (2015) Resurrecting a Giant: The Visible Conservation of Villanova University’s Triumph of David (Abstract) KRISTIN DEGHETALDI ................................................................................................................................................................. 117 Conserving Paintings by American Artists of African Descent in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution JIA-SUN T SANG and INÊS MADRUGA ............................................................................................................................................ 119 Murals of Goldwater Memorial Hospital NEELA W ICKREMESINGHE and GILLIAN RANDELL .......................................................................................................................... 129 Paintings Specialty Group and Research and Technical Studies Joint Session Thursday, May 14, 2015 Overview of the CCI Lining Project: Do Linings Prevent Cracking and Cupping in Paintings? DEBRA DALY HARTIN, S TEFAN MICHALSKI, E RIC HAGAN, and MYLÈNE CHOQUETTE ....................................................................... 137 STUDIO TIPS Studio Tip: The Benefi t of Testing Conservation Materials and Sharing Results with Manufacturer FRIEDERIKE STECKLING ............................................................................................................................................................... 151 Studio Tip: A Velcro-based Approach for Securing Polyester Batting Material to Backing Boards for Paintings PHILIP KLAUSMEYER, R ITA ALBERTSON, and MAJA RINCK ............................................................................................................. 153 Studio Tip: Shopping at the Pet Store ROBERT PROCTOR ..................................................................................................................................................................... 161 Studio Tip: A Scraping Tool ROBERT PROCTOR ..................................................................................................................................................................... 163 Studio Tip: Making Light Stands for Inpainting and UV Photography ROBERT PROCTOR ..................................................................................................................................................................... 165 Studio Tip: Removal of a Fieux Lining ERIN STEPHENSON ..................................................................................................................................................................... 167 Studio Tip: Use of the CCI Octoprobe with the Willard Multipurpose Table ................................................................................ 169 DEBRA DALY HARTIN Studio Tip: Leather Handles for Paintings .................................................................................................................................. 175 BARBARA HELLER Studio Tip: Using Gellan Gum as a Poultice .............................................................................................................................. 179 MARY PIPER HOUGH AIC Paintings Specialty Group Postprints 28 (2015) JOANNA R. DUNN The Treatment of Dr. William Hartigan by Gilbert Stuart or the Treatment of Gilbert Stuart by Dr. William Hartigan ABSTRACT The article discusses the fairly complicated treatment of