Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Sun, 31 Jan 1999 21:21:29 -0400
At 3:57 PM -0500 99/1/29, Sil Horwitz wrote:
>>Sil, I promise that had to to with the individual work. I have watercolors
>>from 40 years ago with no sign of deterioration (I'm the one giving signs
>>of deterioration).
>Sorry my statement was misinterpreted. What I meant was that watercolors
>CAN have problems, too, not that all do. All forms of art have permanence
>problems, as note all the reconstructions done by galleries. OTOH, I have
>never seen a faded platinum print, though I'm sure any made on bad paper
>would show deterioration.
I have seen many badly deteriorated platinum prints and I own several of
them. In theory, it should be possible to restore many of them, as
explained in the 3rd edition of my Pt book. On the other hand, I have only
seen *one* badly deteriorated carbon print (emulsion cracked and peeling
off), which I was able to acquire, and I also know of one in a public
collection in Australia. That's it!
This is after looking for them intensively all over the world for many
years. I even asked the Conservation and Photohist lists for help in
locating deteriorated carbon prints! I'm offering money for them!
Luis Nadeau
NADEAUL@NBNET.NB.CA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/nadeaul/
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