Transportation can be a traumatic experience for an artwork. This lovely intricate painting/ drawing was heavily water damaged during shipping. Partial submersion of the painting and frame resulted in deep tidelines and extreme planar distortion. A treatment plan to reduce the staining via local washing and slow drying and tensioning was carefully followed to bring the artwork back to its original healthy state.
Follow this link to see the story of this masterpiece by Michael J. Felber ~ It will be showing in a number of exhibitions locally and nationwide.
Before treatment, front in raking light.
Before treatment, detail of tideline staining.
Before treatment, back of object in raking light.
After treatment, detail area previously affected by tideline.
After treatment photo of watercolor/colored pencil painting with paper hinges for future mounting.