How do you repair and restore damaged or vandalized priceless artwork? A conservator's job is a mix of art, science and talent.
The thief likely used a box cutter to slice through the perimeter of the canvas. With most works of art, this would have allowed him to easily remove the canvas. The de Kooning, however, remained firmly attached to the wall.
The work began with high-powered microscopes and specialized X-ray equipment, which allowed the conservators to study the chemistry of de Kooning’s original pigments. One of the paints, they discovered, had been made from a rare red dye. It was sensitive to the solvents typically used to remove varnish. That was going to complicate their efforts.
“It’s like solving a puzzle,” says Birkmaier. “We let the painting dictate the colors we use. The more we fill in, the more unified an area becomes and the more clues we have. We also don’t want to go too far because that would draw attention to the conservation treatment. We don’t want the painting to look new. We want to make it look old, as it did originally.”
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