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Craig Preservation Lab

Hornak Drawings Conservation Treatment

This month we worked on three drawings by Ian Hornak, an American artist who worked in the late 20th century. His early work consisted of erotic pen and ink drawings and later consisted of photorealistic landscapes and portraits in acrylic on canvas.

One drawing had masking tape around the edges, another was spot-adhered to matboard, and the third was fully-adhered to matboard. All three had surface dirt and minor tears.

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Our treatment plan was to remove the matboard, surface clean the drawings, spot-test and wash the items, and lastly, mend any tears with paste and Japanese paper.

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If you look closely, you may be able to see the graphite under-drawing. A real treat was seeing an initial sketch on the back of that same drawing.

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These pieces will be included in an exhibition at The Kinsey Institute, opening next month. The opening reception will be on January 24th from 5-7pm with an introductory talk at 4pm by Eric Ian Hornak Spoutz, the artist’s nephew and Executive Director of the Ian Hornak Foundation. Hope to see you there!

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For more information on the exhibit please visit:
http://kinseyinstitute.org/services/gallery.html

And for more info on the artist:
http://ianhornak.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hornak

-Arini Esarey


2 Comments

  • Doug Sanders says:

    I will email you privately and put you in touch with the curator of this item.

  • Rhonda Lansky says:

    Hello, I have a friend whom recently acquired an ink work of Ian Hornak, called the Temptation of St Anthony. We have been unsuccessful in reaching anyone whom is interested in looking at it to determine if it is truly one of his works. It looks original, has dates codes and is signed. Perhaps you know of a way for me to identify it in some way.

    Thank you

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