Conservation

Taming the Wild Things: Storage Considerations for the Bequest of Maurice Sendak

Submitted by Thaw Conservati... on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 2:30pm

Over 900 objects relating to Maurice Sendak’s (1928–2012) stage designs for The Magic Flute, The Cunning Little Vixen, Love for Three Oranges, The Nutcracker, and an opera based on Where the Wild Things Are arrived at the Morgan in 2013 as part of the artist’s extraordinary bequest. For many of us, the magic of Sendak’s books, in particular Where the Wild Things Are, live vividly in the memories of our childhood. It is thus both a delight and an honor to create a safe home for these wonderful objects.

Technical Analysis of The Crusader Bible

Submitted by Thaw Conservati... on Fri, 11/21/2014 - 1:48pm

To enhance our understanding of the Crusader Bible, the Thaw Conservation Center performed non-destructive analysis including X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and digital imaging techniques to characterize the pigments in folios believed to be executed by different illuminators.

Titian's Heroes: A Forensic Analysis Detail of Titian drawing under normal light

Submitted by Thaw Conservati... on Tue, 05/13/2014 - 4:25pm

Conservators in the Thaw Conservation Center partnered with international colleagues to analyze these two sixteenth-century Venetian works using imaging techniques much like those employed by forensic investigators.