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Treatment; 30 Sep 1994; Surface clean, wash, bleach foxing, repair as necessary, hinge to mount, stamp mount, Melinex overthrow.; Western Art on Paper

Reason: Storage
Description: Verso and margins cleaned mechanically using grated Staedtler plastic eraser and a soft Japanese brush. Humidified over capillary matting and Gore-Tex in a chamber. Immersed for three hours in cold and warm water with Synperonic N (non ionic detergent,nonylphenol ethylene oxide condensate). Rinsed. Foxing reduced slightly. Light bleached for four hours recto and verso in saturated solution of magnesium bicarbonate, and water 1:1. Air dried. Foxing much improved. Edge tears repaired with Tengujo Japanese tissue and Abra starch (wheat starch) adhesive. Humidified over capillary matting and Gore-Tex in a chamber. Pressed.
Details: Treatment