The Black Pirate
US one sheet movie poster, silent, action, adventure, filmed on Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, CA. dir: Albert Parker, starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Anders Randolf, Donald Crisp, Tempe Pigott, Sam De Grasse, Charles Stevens, Charles Belcher, E.J. Ratcliffe, Mary Pickford, stone litho, photographed by technicolor process
Poster was received mounted to a wooden board with a substrate of cheesecloth and numerous types of adhesive. It had multiple tears in the paper where the cheesecloth was visible through the poster. The poster was also delaminating along the edges from both the board and the substrate.
Poster was received mounted to a wooden board with a substrate of cheesecloth and numerous types of adhesive. It had multiple tears in the paper where the cheesecloth was visible through the poster. The poster was also delaminating along the edges from both the board and the substrate.
Return before
After
Before
Progress of Restoration 8/24/12
Progress of Restoration 1/09/12
Before
Procedures
Poster had to be demounted from the board and substrate. Most of the different types of adhesives that bonded the poster to the substrata were not water soluble. The only recourse was to individually remove the poster in pieces by hand using a thin spatula blade. Removing it by hand left the poster in a multitude of pieces.Poster was washed with Orvus and water, pieced back together, and then mounted to linen and masa with a water soluble adhesive.
Poster was prepped and had missing paper added with vintage paper and cracks were filled using a filling compound. Restoration was performed using airbrush, watercolor, and colored pencil.
Conclusion
Project was completed on November 21, 2012.Disclaimer
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