The evolution of Lucio Fontana's painting materials

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 76-91

  Gottschaller, Pia ^a   Khandekar, Narayan ^b   Lee, Lynn F ^c   Kirby, Daniel P ^b  

^a Metropol Kunstraum   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrylic; Acrylic vinyl; Alkyd; LDI MS; Lucio Fontana; Oil; Painting technique; Polyvinyl acetate; Py GC MS; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC-VINYL; ALKYD; LDI-MS; LUCIO FONTANA; OIL; PAINTING TECHNIQUES; PY-GC/MS;

ACRYLICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYVINYL ACETATES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

PAINT;

EID: 84860856592     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047058411Y.0000000002     Document Type: Article

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