Thoughts on this kind of work (Paris)

Justin

So they're likely more poster restorers (and shops that sell posters) in France than anywhere else... They're multiple universities here from 2 to 5 years that focus on restoration and conservation...

Yet often, the work looks like this...


(seen from a store front window)...

I'm an amateur by far and I know that French paper from the 50s looooves to yellow at the folds -- but this looks like it was put right on linen with no buffer and no deacidification wash before hand...

Is this commonplace and regarded as OK work?

Eisenhower

Isnt that the "european" style of restoration? 

Justin

Eisenhower said:

Isnt that the "european" style of restoration? 

I think theirs a difference in preserving something without camouflaging imperfections VS. ...this.

No?

Bruce

Yes, hard as it is for some collectors to believe, some collectors don't mind imperfections that show a poster's age, especially ones that show it was actually used, and that it actually IS 50 or more years old.

PLUS, some restorers, but not all, "over-restore" and the poster ends up looking like it was "dipped in paint".

Duke

Please see before and after what I mean by restoration using conservation techniques. This poster was just washed, and some light bleaching. The stains disappeared, and the colors brightened up. Used water color pencils, and some paper paste to fill in missing edges in border.

Justin

This is great work Duke.


the Duke of vintage posters is a number 1

Eisenhower

Looks good, Duke!

Duke

Thanks