<<<< maybe a little bleaching is not offensive to me >>>>
Michael, Sorry, Bleaching is one of the most offensive things you can do
to your poster.
And what Susan said, it's a personal choice.
Although not panacea, linen backing is the choice for paper conservation
and restoration. It has been since the turn of the century.
And Michael, stop kissing Bruce's ass, He thrives on that.
Sincerely,
Dario.
Michael B wrote:
without RE-starting the CONTINUING debate...........................
1. posters can be put on linen WITHOUT restoration.
or
2. linen and some "cleaning" of the smudges and borders and NO PAINT
or
3. LINEN PLUS:
a) minor touch-ups at folds
b) major paint
c) major paint with adding paper to missing pieces
d) restoration tantamount to an oil painting
just mounting on linen merely to strengthen the integrity of the
poster & to give it a smoother (uncrinkled effect) & maybe a little
bleaching is not offensive to me. what's so terrible about seeing
that the poster had NORMAL seam separation or border tears or darkened
corners or a pencil mark? ......it is when i hear the words,
"RESTORED ON LINEN" that turn me off because "RESTORED" means paint.
(i am confused by what is meant when people say to take away the acid
effect??????)
the term to soften the impact of the words PAINT/RESTORE seems to be
AIRBRUSH. but, isnt that paint? of course.
frankly, i learned from bruce h. that you can put a one sheet on linen
with none to minimal additional work. i learned that when i
bought one sheets of JANE EYRE and WUTHERING HEIGHTS from bruce had
this approach (and explained in his descrip). they are both great and
framed!!!! LESS is MORE.
But when bruce says it was put on linen with none or minimal
restoration, you can believe him. I have returned 3 posters over the
years with the same pronouncement to other sellers, due to massive,
undisclosed restoration. AND I THANK BRUCE PUBLICLY HERE
for reaffirming to me privately (recently) about restoration work on
an two of his items (although really stated by him in his
descriptions)---bruce is as honest in describing pre-restoration
condition and the ensuing restoration work as he is in describing
defects in untouched posters----both in private emails and on the
description page. .
in sum........................consider placing a poster on linen with
NO RESTORATION!!!!
michael
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