13598
Accession Number
38814
Title Of Article Chaper
El soporte textil en la obra de un pintor del siglo XX: el caso de Salvador DalÃ
Title Of Journal Book
Interim meeting, international conference on painting conservation: canvases, behaviour, deterioration and treatment: preprints
Pages
213-232 , ill.
Reference Bibliography
37 bibliog. refs. and notes
Publisher
Editorial UPV
Publisher City
Valencia
ISBN
84-9705-788-0
Language Of Text
Spanish
Language Of Summary
Spanish
Literature Type
Monograph:Proceedings
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
International conference on painting conservation = Seminario internacional de conservación de pintura: Congreso internacional de conservación y restauración de bienes culturales
Meeting Country
Spain
Abstract
Presents an introduction to the pictorial works on textile support that Salvador Dalà created over his 70-year career. The paintings reviewed include those given by the artist during his lifetime to his Foundation and to the city of Figueres, Spain, along with his legacy currently on deposit at the Gala-Salvador Dalà foundation. The paintings represent stages in DalÃ’s technical and artistic development, provide examples of specific textile support deteriorations, or have been the subject of a particular restoration treatment. The painting “The Apotheosis of the Dollar†is reviewed for both its conservation and post-conservation treatment. The painting over time had been repeatedly nailed and re-nailed to frames, or alternatively removed from its stretcher to be stored or transported rolled, resulting in serious damage. An aluminum frame system was devised to allow the canvas to be screwed onto the metal, avoiding the damage caused by frequent re-nailings to a stretcher, and permitting a perfect tension level that has never needed adjustment. The frequent travel and exhibition of DalÃ’s work is seen as the principal deterioration factor to his paintings as a whole, and particularly to those from his Surrealist period.
Keywords
Painting;Collection;Canvas painting;Support canvas;History;Deterioration;Typology;Flaking;Technique;Restoration;Stretcher;Tensile stress;Exhibition
pub_id
13598
Meeting Date
20050309-20050311
Title Translation
Textile support in the work of a 20th century painter: the case of Salvador DalÃ