{"id":3280,"date":"2016-09-05T18:25:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T18:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/?page_id=3280"},"modified":"2020-04-20T20:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T20:56:58","slug":"randall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/v23\/randall\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation of Joan Mir\u00f3&#8217;s bronze sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Megan Randall, Lynda Zycherman, and Roger Griffith<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Abstract<\/h4>\n<p class=\"textbox\" dir=\"ltr\">The Museum of Modern Art owns three major bronzes by Joan Mir\u00f3: <em>Lunar Bird <\/em>(1966), <em>Solar Bird <\/em>(1966), and <em>Personage and <\/em><em>Bird <\/em>(1968). This article will examine the sculptures\u2019 original casting and finishing processes, compare variations within their editions and metallurgical analyses, and review their condition and corresponding treatments. At the beginning of this project, both <em>Solar Bird <\/em>and <em>Personage and Bird <\/em>were deemed unexhibitable due to serious condition issues. <em>Solar Bird <\/em>was acquired in 2005 and came into the museum after decades of outdoor exposure without regular maintenance; as a result, its patina was significantly degraded. Treatment involved steam cleaning and applying tinted hot wax layers to revive saturation and appearance. <em>Personage and Bird <\/em>had a lifting surface that was consolidated and losses were toned.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/09\/osg023-015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download full article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/postprints\/v23\/\">2016 | Montreal | Volume 23<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Randall, Lynda Zycherman, and Roger Griffith Abstract The Museum of Modern Art owns three major bronzes by Joan Mir\u00f3: Lunar Bird (1966), Solar Bird (1966), and Personage and Bird (1968). This article will examine the sculptures\u2019 original casting and finishing processes, compare variations within their editions and metallurgical analyses, and review their condition and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":3243,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3280\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/osg-postprints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}