Backings boards for paintings on canvas and their materials.

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Question 1

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Question 2

Do you use backing boards for the paintings on canvas of your collection ? If so, since when do you apply this treatment?

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Question 3

On what occasions do you use them?

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Question 4

Are the backings used either :

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Question 5

What kind of materials do you use? (specify if possible the exact material and/or the brand)

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Question 6

Do you use an insert between the canvas and its backing? Is the insert either soft or rigid?

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Question 7

How is the backing attached to the stretcher ?

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Question 8

Are the backings designed in order to be totally airtight or is there a gap left? (on the side, a drilled hole, openings for the keys, etc ) ?

Question 9

Who applies the backings ?

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Question 10

Do you set up additional systems for the handling of the artwork? (straps, handles, etc)

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Question 11

Do you forsee a special device or system for the inscriptions or labels at the back of the artwork ? (photographs, windows/openings, moving the labels on the backing, etc.?)

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Question 12

What is your general opinion about the use of backings and its possible inconveniences? (durability, readability, …)

Question 13

If possible, can you send by mail (sarah.aucremanne@hotmail.com) a photograph showing a typical kind of backing you use (the artwork doesn’t need to be referenced)

Question 14

During your career, did you encounter ancient/antique/old types of backings (for example a wooden board nailed to the back of the stretcher, planks of multiplex or others ?)

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Do you want to be informed about the results and findings of this research?

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