Anders Art Conservation

Specializing in the Conservation of Objects and Sculpture. Santa Barbara, CA

Examples of Treatment, Before and After Images

Before Treatment: Native American Ceramic

After Treatment: Native American Ceramic

Before Treatment: "Prodigal Son" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

After Treatment: "Prodigal Son" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

Before Treatment, Detail: "Prodigal Son" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

After Treatment, Detail: "Prodigal Son" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

Before Treatment, Detail: "Prodigal Son" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

After Treatment, Detail: "Prodigal Son" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

Before Treatment: "Eagle and the Osprey" by Marie Zimmerman, c. 1935

After Treatment: "Eagle and the Osprey" by Marie Zimmerman , c. 1935

Before Treatment, Detail: "Eagle and the Osprey" by Marie Zimmerman, c. 1935

After Treatment, Detail: "Eagle and the Osprey" by Marie Zimmerman, c. 1935

Before Treatment: 19th c. Wooden Spanish Colonial Christ Figure

After Treatment: 19th c. Wooden Spanish Colonial Christ Figure

Before Treatment: Gilt frame

After Treatment: Gilt Frame

Before Treatment (Detail) , Gilt frame

After Treatment: Gilt Frame (Detail)

Before Treatment, Hand Painted WWII Helmet

After Treatment, Hand Painted WWII Helmet

Before Treatment (detail of corrosion and paint loss), Hand Painted Helmet

After Treatment (detail), Hand Painted Helmet

Before Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

After Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

Before Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

After Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

Detail, Before Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

Detail, After Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

Detail, Before Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

Detail, After Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

Detail, Before Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge, 1979

Detail, After Treatment: Marcha de Galvez by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge

Before Treatment: Hand-painted clay cross set within a wooden cross-shaped frame by Frank Hayden

After Treatment: Hand-painted clay cross set within a wooden cross-shaped frame by Frank Hayden

Detail, Before Treatment: Before Treatment: Hand-painted clay cross set within a wooden cross-shaped frame by Frank Hayden

Detail, After Treatment: Hand-painted clay cross set within a wooden cross-shaped frame by Frank Hayden

Before Treatment: Ceramic Vessel

After Treatment: Ceramic Vessel

Before Treatment, Inuit Carving

After Treatment (reassembled, filled and inpainted), Inuit Carving

Before Treatment: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture" by Arthur Silverman, Baton Rouge

After Treatment: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture" by Arthur Silverman, Baton Rouge

Detail, Before Treatment: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture" by Arthur Silverman, Baton Rouge

Detail, After Treatment: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture" by Arthur Silverman, Baton Rouge

Detail, Before Treatment: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture" by Arthur Silverman, Baton Rouge

Detail, After Treatment: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture" by Arthur Silverman, Baton Rouge

Before Treatment: "Five Brush Strokes" by Roy Lichtenstein, The New Orleans Museum of Art

During Treatment (top 1/3 cleaned), "Five Brush Strokes" by Roy Lichtenstein, The New Orleans Museum of Art

During Cleaning, (Detail) "Five Brushstrokes" by Roy Lichtenstein, The New Orleans Museum of Art

After Treatment, "Five Brushstrokes" by Roy Lichtenstein, The New Orleans Museum of Art

Before Treatment: Architectural Model (constructed in association with the movie "The Buccaneer" [1938])

After Treatment: Architectural Model (constructed in association with the movie "The Buccaneer" [1938])

Detail, Before Treatment: Architectural Model (Detail)

Detail, After Treatment: Architectural Model

Before Treatment, Detail: c. 1880 Cast Iron Gas Lamppost

After Treatment, Detail: c. 1880 Cast Iron Gas Lamppost

Before Treatment, Detail: c. 1880 Cast Iron Gas Lamppost

After Treatment, Detail: c. 1880 Cast Iron Gas Lamppost

Before Treatment: Stoneware Platter

After Treatment: Stoneware Platter

Before Treatment: Bronze by Enrique Alferez, New Orleans

After Treatment: Bronze by Enrique Alferez, New Orleans

Before Treatment: (Detail) Bronze by Enrique Alferez, New Orleans

After Treatment: (Detail) Bronze by Enrique Alferez, New Orleans

Before Treatment: 1935 Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

After Treatment: 1935 Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

Before Treatment: 1923 Rex Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

After Treatment: 1923 Rex Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

Detail, Before Treatment: 1923 Rex Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

Detail, After Treatment: 1923 Rex Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

Before Treatment: Section of an Iron Water Pipe Excavated from Bourbon Street (c.1860)

After Treatment: Section of an Iron Water Pipe Excavated from Bourbon Street (c.1860)

Before Treatment (faded and failing paint), LOVE by Robert Indiana

After Treatment (re-saturated red paint; repainted interior" L"), LOVE by Robert Indiana

Before Treatment, LOVE by Robert Indiana. Detail showing flaking/failing paint within the "L".

Before Treatment (Detail of flaking/failing paint in the 'L'; "LOVE" by Robert Indiana

After Treatment (Detail of re-painted interior 'L'); "LOVE" by Robert Indiana

Before Treatment, Standing Parvati (Bronze)

After Treatment, Standing Parvati (Bronze)

Before Treatment (Detail of Corrosion), Standing Parvati (Bronze)

After Treatment (Detail), Standing Parvati (Bronze)

Before Treatment: Harpe de couleurs (Harp of Colors) by Arman; 1975

After Treatment: Harpe de couleurs (Harp of Colors) by Arman; 1975

Before Treatment: "Migrating People" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

After Treatment: "Migrating People" by Ivan Meštrović; Baton Rouge

Before Treatment: "Recast of Hebe" by Bertel Thorvaldsen, Baton Rouge

After Treatment: "Recast of Hebe" by Bertel Thorvaldsen, Baton Rouge

Before Treatment: "Head of Oliver Pollock" by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge. Andrew Baxter of Bronze et.al served as lead conservator.

After Treatment: "Head of Oliver Pollock" by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge. Andrew Baxter of Bronze et.al served as lead conservator.

Before Treatment: "Head of Oliver Pollock" by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge. Andrew Baxter of Bronze et.al served as lead conservator

After Treatment: "Head of Oliver Pollock" by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge. Andrew Baxter of Bronze et.al, served as lead conservator.

During Treatment: Andrew Baxter of Bronze Et Al, Ltd. who served as lead conservator on the restoration of "The Head of Oliver Pollock"

During Treatment: "Head of Oliver Pollock" by Frank Hayden, Baton Rouge. Andrew Baxter of Bronze et.al served as lead conservator

Before Treatment, "Perfect Vehicles" by Allan McCollum

After Treatment, "Perfect Vehicles" by Allan McCollum.

Before Treatment, "Perfect Vehicles" by Allan McCollum.

After Treatment- Reconstruction of Corner. "Perfect Vehicles" by Allan McCollum

Before Treatment, "Lipizzaner" by Tony Smith

Before Treatment, (showing degraded/discolored wax coating), "Magnolia" by David Bates

After Treatment, "Magnolia" by David Bates

Before Treatment, (detail of degraded/discolored wax coating), "Magnolia" by David Bates

After Treatment, (detail), "Magnolia" by David Bates

Before Treatment (Showing Detached and Broken Hands); Silvered Bronze and Ivory Dancer

After Treatment (Showing Detached and Broken Hands); Silvered Bronze and Ivory Dancer

Before Treatment (Showing Detached and Broken Hands); Silvered Bronze and Ivory Dancer

After Treatment (Showing Re-attached Hands); Silvered Bronze and Ivory Dancer

Before Treatment: Earthenware Malian storage pot

Detail, Before Treatment: Fragments of Earthenware Malian storage pot

After Treatment: Earthenware Malian storage pot

Before Treatment, Standing Painted Plaster Figure

After Treatment, Standing Painting Plaster Figure

Before Treatment (Detail) , Standing Painted Plaster Figure

After Treatment (Detail) , Standing Painted Plaster Figure

Before Treatment, Chair by Ida Kohlmeyer

Before Treatment (Detail of Detached and Broken Arms) , Chair by Ida Kohlmeyer

After Treatment, Chair by Ida Kohlmeyer

After Treatment (detail of reattached arms), Chair by Ida Kohlmeyer

Before Treatment (Showing Cracks and Detached Parts on Apex, Corners, and Throughout Grid); "Louvre Wig" by Charlie le Minudu

After Treatment (Repair of Cracks and Detached Parts on Apex, Corners, and Throughout Grid), "Louvre Wig" by Charlie le Minudu

Before Treatment (Detail of cracked apex), "Louvre Wig" by Charlie le Minudu

After Treatment (Detail of repaired cracked apex , "Louvre Wig" by Charlie le Minudu

Before Treatment, (showing adhesive residue/staining), Inuit Carving

After Treatment, Inuit Carving

Before Treatment, 19th century papier-mache Mardi Gras Mask

After Treatment (re-shaping, mending, cleaning), 19th century papier-mache Mardi Gras Mask

Before Treatment (side view), 19th century papier-mache Mardi Gras Mask

After Treatment (side view), 19th century papier-mache Mardi Gras Mask

Before Treatment: Bronze Figure, Baton Rouge

After Treatment: Bronze Figure, Baton Rouge

Before Treatment: Bronze Figure, Baton Rouge

After Treatment: Bronze Figure, Baton Rouge

Before Treatment, "Acme" by Saint Clair Cemin

After Treatment, "Acme" by Saint Clair Cemin

Before Treatment, Painted Plaster Bust of Renalto Beluche

After Treatment, Painted Plaster Bust of Renalto Beluche

Before Treatment; Bronze Sculpture Depicting Joan D' Arc

After Treatment; Bronze Sculpture Depicting Joan D' Arc

Before Treatment (arrows show points of damage among the ropes), Sculpture by Leo Amino

After Treatment, Sculpture by Leo Amino

Before Treatment (Detail showing broken/frayed ropes), Sculpture by Leo Amino

After Treatment (Detail of repaired area), Sculpture by Leo Amino

Before Treatment, Hans Ceramic (China, Circa 206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)

After Treatment: Overpaint removal, crack repair); Hans Ceramic (China, Circa 206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)

Before Treatment, Hans Ceramics (China, Circa 206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)

After Treatment- (overpaint removal, crack repair); Hans Ceramic (China, Circa 206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)

Before Treatment: 1913 Rex Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

After Treatment: 1913 Rex Mardi Gras Crown, New Orleans

Before Treatment: Mardi Gras decorative armor c. late 19th century

After Treatment: Mardi Gras decorative armor c. late 19th century

Detail, Before Treatment: Mardi Gras decorative armor c. late 19th century

After Treatment: Mardi Gras decorative armor c. late 19th century

Detail, Before Treatment: Mardi Gras decorative armor c. late 19th century

Detail, After Treatment: Mardi Gras decorative armor c. late 19th century

Before Treatment: Ceramic vessel

After Treatment: Ceramic vessel

Before Treatment: Wooden Sculpture by Leo Amino, c. 1950 (Kinetic work)

After Treatment: Wooden Sculpture by Leo Amino, c. 1950 (Kinetic work)

Before Treatment: Lid to ceramic vessel

After Treatment: Lid to ceramic vessel

Before Treatment: Wood and plaster gilt frame (painting not treated)

After Treatment: Wood and plaster gilt frame (painting not treated)

Detail, Before Treatment: Wood and plaster gilt frame (painting not treated)

Detail, After Treatment: Wood and plaster gilt frame (painting not treated)

Before Treatment: Late 19th c. Cast Iron Bell

After Treatment: Late 19th c. Cast Iron Bell

Before Treatment: Sterling silver Times-Picayune Loving Cup, c. 1927

After Treatment: Sterling silver Times-Picayune Loving Cup, c. 1927

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