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CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUES OF MOUNTING PAPER TO CANVAS

Pages 18-23 | Published online: 21 Sep 2010

References

  • Bernice . 1985 . New Works on Paper 3 New York Muneum of Modern Art, p 7
  • King , Antoinette . 1977 . “ ‘Technical Appendix’ ” . In Henn Matisse Paper Cut Outs 276 St Louis and Detroit St Louis Art Museum and Detroit Institute of Arts, p
  • 1985 . Henri de Toulouse Lautrec 92 Lithographic posters were often mounted to canvas during manufacture and sold directly to dealers, linen backed See Phillips, Dennis Cate, ‘The Popularization of Lautrec’. New York Museum of Modern Art, p. Maps and oversized documents are still adhered to fabrics Adhesive coated fabrics such as Lamatec Coated Archival Cloth (Manufactured by Ademco) are currently marketed for the repair of maps and charts these fabric mounts are reversible in spirit based solvents There are some questions as to the visual effect of the adhesive on the paper surface
  • Doerner , Max . The Materials of the Artist 41 See, for instance, New York, 1962 (revised edition), p. Doerner recommends mounting oil paintings on paper to a wood panel or canvas' for the better preservation' He credits the greater permanence and survival of oil paintings on paper by Rembrandt, Delacroix, and others to their attachment to wood or canvas
  • Cohn , Marjorie B. 1971 . Wash and Gouache See Cambridge Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Fogg Art Museum, p.59
  • For example, Rubens and Rembrandt occasionally incorporated sketches on paper into paintings using a ground preparation for adhesion The importance of Paul Klee's fabric supports is evidenced by his painting of the fabric borders to correspond to the attached drawings Many of Willem de Kooning's drawings have been attached to canvas or solid supports. In some cases, a lead-paste adhesive was used in attachment In a few cases, mounting was done in collaboration with conservators
  • Conversations with various gallery dealers using Italian mounting facilities
  • S and W Mounting paste methylcellulose based, available from 120 Broadway, P.O. Box 34 Garden City Park, New York, , U.S.A. 11040
  • Jade 403: vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer Manufacturer Jade Adhesives, Chicago Illinois
  • Wheat starch library paste supplied by TALAS New York, New York Drake has experimented with various surface coatings for his pieces, including commercially available spray synthetic coatings as well as dilute applications of Rhoplex (Rhomm and Haas)
  • “ U.S. supplier: Key Products Inc, Naples, Fla. Manufacturer: Kalle division of Hoechst AG, West Germany Brunner used this adhesive in Switzerland On her arrival in New York she found a box of the same adhesive left in the studio by the previous Swiss artist ” . In Glutoline methylcellulose wallpaper paste
  • Paper manufactured by Bee Paper Company 321 Hamburg Turnpike. Wayne, N.J. 07470, USA
  • Adhesives experimented with include Gudy-O and Gudy-V contact poly-acrylate contact adhesives (manufactured by Hans/Neschen Germany) and BEVA film The Gudy adhesives were unsatisfactory due to lifting at edges and loss of adhesion
  • Processed Abaca (banana leaf) and cotton linters supplied by Lee McDonald Papermaking Supply Pastalene wallpaper paste, Hercon 40 sizing, Aardvaark pigments added for coloring Collaboration with Rugg Road Papers, Allston, Massachusetts
  • Franklin glue.
  • Materials supplied by TALAS New York, New York Polyester monofilament webbing fabric, ‘polymon’, manufactured in Switzerland
  • Clearwater , Bonnie . 1984 . Mark Rothko Works on Paper New York Hudson Hills Press
  • Eckman , Inge-Lise . 1985 . “ ‘The Lining of a Super Sized Contemporary Drawing’ ” . In AIC Preprints 36 – 43 . Washington

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