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"Caring for Your Art is a straight forward reference work that could become a well thumbed through volume on your reference shelf." -- Graphic Artist Guild

"Caring for Your Art uses the kind of language most homeowners can easily understand. [It] is the hands down winner in terms of readability and useful illustrations." -- American Artist

"Caring for Your Art will be an invaluable addition to the library of anyone who creates, collects, or exhibits art." -- Antiques & Auction News

"Handling art is an art. Get and read Jill Snyder's book, Caring for Your Art. Then make sure that everyone on your staff reads it, too. I have been knocking around the art world for over 25 years, and I learned more than one thing I didn't know from this excellent book. . . . Wow." -- Artifacts

"The information is useful for any person who must care for art. The methods mentioned are taken from interviews with artists, conservators and other art professionals." -- Decor

"This book . . . is a guide for artists, collectors, galleries, and art institutions, and is sure to be helpful in the safekeeping of your art as well as becoming an invaluable addition to your library." -- Fidelity's Home Magazine

"This book offers step-by-step guidelines for the safekeeping of art in your studio, home or gallery . . . the text is easy to read. . . . There are helpful tips on photographing your work, important not only for artists wishing to duplicate slides for potential clients or collectors, but for documentation of works for insurance purposes." -- Communication Arts --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


Product Description

For artists, collectors, gallery staff, and art curators—here’s everything you need to know about presenting and protecting works of art being transported or on display in the studio, home, gallery, or museum. In CARING FOR YOUR ART, Jill Snyder explains the secrets of displaying, transporting, storing, and insuring art objects that help extend the life of paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture against all possible odds. New to this edition are interviews with key figures from the art insurance, art risk management, and conservation industries that have been conducted by Ann Albano, registrar of the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art.

Includes
* cutting-edge ways to limit environmental hazards
* the latest techniques for creating, packing, transporting, and storing art
* recommendations for the use of acid-free materials
* using manual and computer systems for record keeping
* checklists that help identify gaps in the safekeeping process
* easy-to-grasp illustrations of complex technical problems


Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Watson-Guptill; 3rd edition (November 27, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1581152000
  • ISBN-13: 978-1581152005
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #665,948 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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