The red of some Alexander Calder outdoor painted sculptures have, unfortunately, been repainted with some fanciful variations of red. When the original red color can not be known for certain from archival information, paint cross sections, or other forms of…
Queen Catherine of Braganza has taken up residence at the Butler Institute of American Art. The heroic scale (almost 12 foot tall) plaster maquette is a creation of sculptor Audrey Flack who is well known for her monumental scale realistic…
A zinc sculpture from 1888 of was at the lab for conservation treatment. The zinc indian sculpture received new interior reinforcement and missing parts were fabricated. The whole sculpture was cleaned and coated with a a direct-to-metal acrylic coating. LODI…