4.10 PHOTOS OF ARTWORK AND REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH-00003.pdf

PAINTING 1: Requirements for “CSS Virginia Engages USS Congress.”

The contractor shall perform the following tasks in accordance with Industry Practices and Standards.

a) Wrap and Transport painting to studio in company van no further than a 50-mile radius from the Washington Navy Yard, DC, to avoid additional damage during transportation.

b) Photo-document before, during and after treatment with high resolution digital images.

c) Develop a treatment plan based on observation and best practices, and submit to Navy Art for review and approval prior to beginning conservation. Contractor will contact Navy Art for review if any deviations from the approved plan are needed during the treatment process.

Treatment plan should include:

1. Remove canvas from stretcher. Clean and repair stretcher, as needed.

2. Remove of extant lining and lining adhesive attached to canvas applied during a previous conservation process.

3. Repair and / or mend tears and holes on canvas.

4. Humidify canvas to expand any creases formed from previous conservation allowing the canvas to be drawn out and relaxed into plane via humidity chamber and vacuum hot table.

5. Canvas relined onto a synthetic, woven fabric using consolidant/adhesive blend.

6. Canvas retrained onto the cleaned and repaired stretcher.

7. Remove of surface coatings followed by reduction of underlying imbedded grime and coating residue. This may require removal of material from multiple layers with different types of solvents to be used in best practices for the material to be removed and for the safety of remaining paint (original creation.)

8. Inpaint any losses with best practices to match paint colors.

9. Spray canvas with varnish chosen by conservator to best practices/standards.

10. Attach archival backboard to provide protect to canvas.

d) Wrap and deliver in company van to the Navy Art on the Washington Navy Yard, D.C.

e) Provide Treatment Record with photos and CD.

“CSS Virginia Engages USS Congress” by Frank Muller, Oil Painting on Canvas from 1890, format size 60 inches high x 84 inches wide.

PAINTING 2: Requirements for “E 65th Street.”

Standards.

a) Wrap and Transport painting to studio in company van no further than a 50-mile radius to avoid additional damage during transportation.

b) Photo-document before, during and after treatment with high resolution digital images.

c) Develop a treatment plan based on observation and best practices, and submit to Navy Art for review and approval prior to beginning conservation. Contractor will contact Navy Art for review if any deviations from the approved plan are needed during the treatment process.

Treatment plan should include:

1. Remove dust & debris from canvas, canvas reverse and between canvas and stretcher.

2. Surface cleaning of entire canvas using best practices with appropriately pH conditioned aqueous solution.

3. Mend ½ inch cut located in center left of canvas.

4. Fill and inpaint any losses and obtrusive abrasions to match surrounding original paint.

5. Apply protective coating or varnish chosen by conservator to best practices/standards.

6. Attach archival backboard to provide protect to canvas.

d) Wrap and deliver in company van to the Navy Art on the Washington Navy Yard, D.C.

“E 65th Street” by Erick Marshall Murray, Acrylic Painting on Canvas from 1998, format size 36 inches high x 52 inches wide.

PAINTING 3: Requirements for “Demolition Crew.”

Standards.

a) Wrap and transport painting to studio in company van no further than a 50-mile radius from the Washington Navy Yard, DC, to avoid additional damage during transportation.

b) Photo-document before, during and after treatment with high resolution digital images.

c) Note areas of delamination between the paint/ground layers and Masonite as well as recent conservation that had limited success in stabilization and inpainting.

d) Develop treatment plan based on observations and best practices, and submit to Navy Art for review and approval prior to beginning treatment. Contractor will contact Navy Art for review if any deviations from the approved plan are needed during the treatment process.

Treatment plan should include:

1. Remove dust, grime, most recent varnish and all extant inpainting using best practices.

2. Mechanically repair the areas that have been removed as well as the surrounding areas that have been affected by destabilization.

3. Restablize the affected areas with appropriate polymer to reconsolidate any areas of delamination.

4. Reglue strainer to Masonite in the lower left corner with hide glue and clamps.

5. Remove repaint in lower right corner, level corner as needed and refine surface.

6. Inpaint to visually reduce paint loss and extant paint abrasion to avoid any inpainting over existing pentimente.

7. Apply varnish to painting to be chosen by conservator to best practices/standards.

e) Wrap and deliver in company van to Navy Art on the Washington Navy Yard, D.C.

f) Provide Treatment Record with photos and CD.

“Demolition Crew” by Robert Benney, Oil Painting on Masonite from 1944, format size 30 inches high x 48 inches wide.

PAINTING 4: Requirements for “Women Helo Pilot Turning Up.”

Standards.

a) Wrap and transport painting to studio in company van no further than a 50-mile radius from the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., to avoid additional damage during transportation.

b) Photo-document before, during and after treatment with high resolution digital images.

c) Develop a treatment plan based on observation and best practices, and submit to Navy Art for review and approval prior to beginning conservation. Contractor will contact Navy Art for review if any deviations from the approved plan are needed during the treatment process.

Treatment plan should include:

1. Surface cleaning of entire canvas using best practices with appropriately pH conditioned aqueous solution.

2. Remove canvas from stretcher.

3. Initiate comprehensive consolidation of the entire verso of canvas using a non-color altering consolidant to create stability within active areas of delamination and a preemptive consolidant into the broader design layer.

4. Relax and secure in place raised and flaking paint on canvas.

5. Review and apply as necessary a secondary support overall, using best practice materials.

6. Stretch canvas unto new, expandable stretcher.

7. Apply isolation coating before filling and inpainting extant paint loss.

8. Apply protective coating or varnish chosen by conservator to best practices/standards.

d) Wrap and deliver in company van to Navy Art on the Washington Navy Yard, D.C.

“Women Helo Pilot Turning Up” by Christine Cancelli, Oil Painting on Canvas from 1974, format size 48 inches high x 60 inches wide.