M.A. in Art History and Advanced Certificate in Conservation, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
Research interests:
Technical connoisseurship of works of art on paper
Conservation treatment of prints and drawings
Twentieth century materials and techniques of works of art on paper
Ethical issues in art conservation
Sample courses:
The Conservation Treatment of Prints and Drawings
The Technical Connoisseurship of Works of Art on Paper
Techniques of Paper Conservation
Individual Problems in examination and Treatment
Selected publications:
"Materials, Tools, and 'Technics'." In No
Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock Paintings on Paper. New
York: Deutsche Guggenheim/Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2005.
"Watercolors Today - Dr. Ph. Martin's Synchromatic
Transparent Watercolors, Magic Markers and Day-Glo Colors."In Symposium Gekleurd of Verkleurd:
VAR, 11 en 12 oktober, 2001, Koninklijke Bibliotheek.Den Hague, Netherlands, 2003.
"Daylight Fluorescent Colors as Artistic
Media."In The Broad
Spectrum. London: Archetype Books, 2002.
"The History, Use, and Characteristics of Wax-Based
Drawing Media." The Paper Conservator 22 (1998): 48-55.
"The Shifting Function of Artists' Fixatives." Journal
of the American Institute for Conservation 35, no. 3 (Fall/Winter 1996): 239-254.
"Drawings in Fibre-Tipped Pen - New Conservation
Challenges." Modern Works, Modern Problems?, 114-121. London: The
Institute of Paper Conservation, 1994.
Selected honors:
Volume Editor, Readings in Paper Conservation, The Getty Conservation Institute,
in press.
Sheldon and Caroline Keck Award, 2003. In recognition of a sustained record
of excellence in the education and training of conservation professionals, American
Institute for Conservation of Historic and artistic Works.
Rutherford John Gettens Award, 1997. In recognition of outstanding Service to
the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.
American Academy in Rome, Fellowship in Conservation and Historic Preservation,
1994. To revise and expand The Care of Prints and Drawings.
Chapter Author, Caring for Your Collections, The National Committee to Save
America's Cultural Collections, New York: Abrams, 1992.