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2016
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Mineral spirits-based microemulsions: a novel cleaning system for painted surfaces
This paper reports further developments emerging from a collaboration between The Dow Chemical Company, Tate, and the Getty Conservation Institute which seeks to explore improved cleaning systems for unvarnished modern painted surfaces. Specifically, the present study describes three novel microemulsion systems based on water and mineral spirits, each formulated with...Ormsby, Bronwyn ; Keefe, Melinda ; Phenix, Alan ; Von Aderkas, Eleanor ; Learner, Tom …
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2011
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Novel approaches to the evaluation and development of cleaning systems for artists' acrylic latex paints
The article reports on approaches towards the development and assessment of liquid cleaning agents for acrylic latex paints of artists. It mentions the components of its methodology from high throughput (HTP) automated laboratory equipment for sample formulation, treatment and analysis. It also notes a comparative evaluation of naptha-based preparations and...Keefs, Melinda ; Tucker, Christopher ; Behr, Anastasia Mardilovich ; Meyers, Greg ; Reinhardt, Carl …
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2005
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2018
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Scientific investigation into the water sensitivity of twentieth century oil paints
In order to develop a better understanding at the molecular level of water sensitivity in twentieth century oil paintings, water sensitive Winsor & Newton oil paint swatches and twentieth century oil paintings were characterised using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and direct injection electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and the data were analysed using principal...Lee, Judith ; Bonaduce, Ilaria ; Modugno, Francesca ; La Nasa, Jacopo ; Ormsby, Bronwyn …
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2013
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The use of Ripolin by Picabia in The Fig Leaf (1922)
From both anecdotes and the appearance of many works, Francis Picabia—like Pablo Picasso—is believed to have used Ripolin house paint. La Feuille de Vigne (The Fig Leaf) (1922 Tate), variously described as painted in enamel, oil, and Ripolin, has many visual characteristics associated with household paint: large areas of unmodulated color, minimal evidence...King, Annette ; Townsend, Joyce H. ; Ormsby, Bronwyn ; Gautier, Gwenaelle
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2011
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A preliminary evaluation of the surfaces of acrylic emulsion paint films and the effects of wet-cleaning treatment by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
The surfaces of acrylic emulsion (dispersion) paint films were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM), with supporting chemical information provided via infrared spectroscopy. The morphological and chemical features of the surfaces of a series of recently cast reference paint films were explored, including characterization of changes induced by exposure to...Kampasakali, Elli ; Ormsby, Bronwyn ; Cosentino, Antonino ; Miliani, Costanza ; Learner, Tom
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2017
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The Fig-Leaf 1922 by Francis Picabia
A sardonic attack on censorship and prudery, The Fig-Leaf provoked the conservative art establishment when it was exhibited in 1922. Picabia painted this work over an existing painting, Hot Eyes, which had caused controversy itself only a year earlier. This paper draws upon technical examination to reveal the appearance and...King, Annette ; Ormsby, Bronwyn
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2017
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The Three Dancers 1925 by Pablo Picasso
Devastated by the death of a friend in 1925, Picasso painted this ‘dance’ of intertwined sinister figures, the story and composition of which have been so well scrutinised by scholars. However, new technical imaging has revealed that the final painting was rapidly executed and is the last in a series...King, Annette ; Ormsby, Bronwyn