Dear colleagues, currently I am investigating the artwork "o.T. (Brushstroke)" (1971) by Roy Lichtenstein, which was retailed as a multiple of Eat Art Gallery. The brushstroke consists of ginger bread, which was mounted on a wooden board and painted with black and yellow icing. Afterwards a transparent synthetic resin was poured over the cake including the wooden board. The resin obviously caused such stress and strong tensions that it lifted the icing from the ginger bread body on the edges. Today the ginger bread appears to be very crumbly as well as the resin-icing-package is pretty brittle.
The object is part of an edition of 100 pieces. Indeed all copies were mounted on a wooden board (untreated or painted in white) and came with a certificate as well as a copy of Lichtenstein’s sketch including baking instructions/a recipe. In addition to that, the buyer could purchase a protective covering made of acrylic glass. Well, I am wondering if there is anybody who knows where to find another copy? Or maybe you own one in your collection? Did you observe similar phenomena? Possibly you dealed with another object made of ginger bread, for example a "Busenengel" by German-US-American artist Richard Lindner, which also was an edition of Eat Art Gallery? I am looking to share observations and experience and I thank you for any insight. Best, Denise Denise Madsack Conservator for Modern and Contemporary Art and Cultural Heritage mail(at)denisemadsack.com ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
