Who’s not afraid of displaying Kurt Schwitters’ collages?: a microfadometry study to determine the sensitivity to light of five examples
Resource type
Conference paper (published)
Creator (person)
Townsend, Joyce H.
Ford, Bruce
Towshend, Piers
Date published
2013
Abstract
A technical study was undertaken of paper-based ephemera used in Germany 1920s-30s by Kurt Schwitters to create mixed-media, sometimes three-dimenional, collages. Microfadometry, a rapid and non-destructive accelerated light-fading method for informing display duration decisions, was carried out on all distinct paper-based elements in 5 of Schwitters’ and 2 contemporary collages by Raoul Hausmann and by Julian Trevelyan. Many coloured components in this small sample were more lightfast than had been feared.
Editor
MacDonald, Lindsay
Westland, Stephen
Wuerger, Sophie
Event title
AIC Colour 2013: 12th Congress of the International Colour Association, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Volume
1
Publisher
The Colour Group (Great Britain)