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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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2017
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Girl in a Chemise c.1905 by Pablo Picasso
Picasso transformed an earlier painting of a boy to create this profile of a slender young woman. This paper uses X-radiography and infrared imaging to look beneath the surface of the painting and unravel the way in which Picasso transformed the male figure into a female figure with a few...King, Annette ; Ormsby, Bronwyn
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2017
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The Handsome Pork-Butcher c.1924–6, c.1929–35 by Francis Picabia
This sardonic collage portrait of Raymond Poincaré, President and Prime Minister of the French Republic, was made with everyday objects such as combs, needles, curtain rings and pen nibs, all embedded in thick oil paint. Picabia subsequently ripped off the collage elements and painted the outline of a femme fatale...King, Annette ; Ormsby, Bronwyn
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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
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