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Originally posted by Cheshire
Did you have to wear special gloves when you worked?
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Yes.
Ive handled Lichtenstein's that were worth 3 million dollars, most exausting thing is keeping them at under 50% humidity in New Orleans.
Those pices were all loans, meaning, someone owned them and since we were a non profit org, they loaned them to us to view.
Gloves arent the bigest worry, most art like that is durable, but for the most part the smallest details are mentioned in 10 page contracts to allow the work to be viewed.
the humiidity almost started to cause a problem with the Lichtenstein during that exhibit... they flew in a guy to test it the last 2 weeks of the show.
Tested it twice a day. We were very nervous.
But then, Ive unrolled basquiats and you wouldnt believe how they package things.
Its weird, youd think the paint would chip etc, but it doesnt.
Simple re stretch it on canvas, nail it on. Plenty of people watching though to make sure its done with care.
I have an illegal VHSC of the tour hahaha ill have to dig it up.
Since I helped put it together, late one night I took my girl trough the show and filmed it. hehehe
