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Back of The Fountain of Time, showing an all-over darkened, dirty surface with graffiti and white lime leaching from vertical cracks

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Description: Back of The Fountain of Time, showing an all-over darkened, dirty surface with...
TitleBack of The Fountain of Time, showing an all-over darkened, dirty surface with graffiti and white lime leaching from vertical cracks
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation dateUnknown
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsUnknown
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LocationUnknown
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsArt--Conservation and restorationDocumentary photographyPublic sculpture
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Time and Tide: Restoring Lorado Taft's Fountain of Time—An Overview
Barbara Hall and Robert Aaron Jones
Description: Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago
Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago
Rising like an apparition from the west end of the Midway Plaisance on Chicago’s South Side, Lorado Taft’s colossal 1922 sculpture The Fountain of Time...
Author
Barbara Hall and Robert Aaron Jones
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright© 2005 The Art Institute of Chicago
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00032.012
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16612&redirecttoanchor=23345
Chapter subject tags:Art--Conservation and restorationArt museumsArt Institute of ChicagoMuseums--CuratorshipTaft, Lorado, 1860-1936

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Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Dimensions13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (34.2 x 34.3 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/113064/the-return-tynemouth-recto-study-verso
Accession number1933.1251
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1260–1280
Object typePainting
Dimensions32 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. (81.5 x 49 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.35.html
Accession number1937.1.1
Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne,...
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsN/A
DimensionsN/A
LocationN/A
N/A
Accession numberN/A
Partial diagram of the crackle patterns...
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Description: A Garden in Nassau, infrared detail
A Garden in Nassau, infrared detail
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Creation date1885
MaterialsInfrared image
A Garden in Nassau, infrared detail
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The Fountain of Time, shoring one of the...
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Description: Detail of the upper left corner of a canvas
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n/a
Accession numbern/a
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Description: The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1881
Object typePainting
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/113064
Accession number1933.1251
The Return, Tynemouth, photomicrograph
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Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1500–1510
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001
Accession number1845,0825.690
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Description: Watson and the Shark, infrared reflectogram detail
Watson and the Shark, infrared reflectogram detail
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Mar 17
Creator nameCopley, John Singleton
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1778
Object typePainting
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46471.html
Accession number1963.6.1
Watson and the Shark, infrared...
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Mar 17
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Object typePhotograph
Detail of a canvas reverse with dark...
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Description: The Fountain of Time, detail of the base of the figure of Time, showing a network of...
The Fountain of Time, detail of the base of the figure of Time, showing a network of large and small cracks with light patches of old repairs
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Apr 13
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Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, detail of the base...
The Fountain of Time, detail of the base of the figure of Time, showing a network of large and small cracks with light patches of old repairs
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Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, well-preserved...
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Description: The Fountain of Time, detail of a soldier's head showing the loss of cement paste...
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Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, detail of a...
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Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1899
MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
The Gulf Stream, infrared detail
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Mar 17
Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1992
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsN/A
DimensionsN/A
LocationN/A
N/A
Accession numberN/A
A Man in Armour, diagram of support
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
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LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/113064/the-return-tynemouth-recto-study-verso
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The Return, Tynemouth, infrared detail
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Apr 13
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Object typePhotograph
The figure of Time, surrounded by a...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Conservation Technician Christine...
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Creator nameMuller, Norman
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
Proposed reconstruction of the battens...
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Description: The back of The Fountain of Time, showing, at center, one of the vertical cracks...
The back of The Fountain of Time, showing, at center, one of the vertical cracks between sections that was reconfigured as a moving join; to both sides are repaired casting cracks
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The back of The Fountain of Time,...
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Description: The Fountain of Time, photo showing early experiment in resurfacing
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, photo showing...
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Description: Upper level of scaffolding affords a close-up view of the central figural group,...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Upper level of scaffolding affords a...
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Description: A Man in Armour, x-ray study
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameRembrandt van Rijn
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1655
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions54 1/8 x 41 1/8 in. (137.5 x 104.5 cm)
LocationCity Art Gallery and Museums, Glasgow
http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/starobject.html?oid=166852
Accession number601
A Man in Armour, x-ray study
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The Fountain of Time, resurfaced and restored
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Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, resurfaced and...
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Apr 13
Creator roleArtist
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
A cross section of the monument shows...
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Description: Part of the conservation team discusses the resurfacing issue. Members include, from...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Part of the conservation team discusses...
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Apr 13
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Object typePhotograph
Conservation Technician Caesar Citraro...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameVelázquez, Diego
Creator nationality/cultureSpanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1656
Object typePainting
Dimensions125 1/4 x 108 5/8 in. (318 x 276 cm)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/las-meninas/9fdc7800-9ade-48b0-ab8b-edee94ea877f
Accession numberP01174
Las Meninas, macro detail of edge
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Creator nameTiepolo, Giovanni Battista
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1767–1770
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.101678.html
Accession number1997.60.1
Madonna of the Goldfinch,...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1892
Object typePhotograph
LocationArchives et Musée de la Littérature, Brussels
Installation view of Seurat’s "Les...
Installation view of Seurat’s work at the Association pour l’Art exhibition in Antwerp, 1892
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Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Standing on the sculpture's top level,...
Standing on the sculpture's top level, Herbert George and Andrzej Dajnowski discuss resurfaced area
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameTitian
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1520–1522
Object typePainting
MaterialsCanvas
Dimensions46 1/2 x 37 3/4 in. (118 x 96 cm)
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010062291
Accession number756
Portrait of a Man, stamp and number...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The Fountain of Time, massive enclosure...
The Fountain of Time, massive enclosure and extensive scaffolding enabling conservation to work year round
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Truth, infrared reflectogram from reverse showing initial sketch
Posted by:John Carlson
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Truth, infrared reflectogram from...
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 13
Creator namePepyn, Martin
Creator name (description)Attributed to Martin Pepyn
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1595–1643
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPen and brown ink and brush and brown wash with pen and black ink and opaque white watercolor on pieced, cream laid paper
Dimensions10 1/4 × 38 1/8 in. (26 × 97.7 cm)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/114065/the-drowning-of-pharaoh-s-army
Accession number1993.248.104
The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army, after...
Moses Drowning Pharaoh's Army, after conservation treatment
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Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, mid-varnish removal photograph
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1904
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 7/8 x 40 in. (65.7 x 101.6 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.61377.html
Accession number1983.1.27
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk,...
Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, mid-varnish removal photograph
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Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 09
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1907
Object typePhotograph
A room in the house of Leo and Gertrude...
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Gardener's House at Atibes, detail of verso
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 17
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1044
Accession number1916.1044
Gardener's House at Atibes, detail of...
Gardener's House at Atibes, detail of verso
Description: Los Borrachos, infrared reflectogram
Los Borrachos, infrared reflectogram
Posted by:John Carlson
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Los Borrachos, infrared reflectogram
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Harvard Murals: Panel Five
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameRothko, Mark
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1962
Object typePainting
MaterialsGlue-size and probably oil paint on canvas
Dimensions105 1/4 x 180 1/2 in. (267.3 x 458.4 cm)
LocationHarvard Art Museums
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/173201
Accession number2011.638.5
Harvard Murals: Panel Five
Harvard Murals: Panel Five

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