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FAKE U.S. ONE SHEET RE-RELEASE, UNIVERSAL HORROR, BORIS KARLOFF, REALART RE-RELEASE |
| Examination under black light, light table, microscope, digital imaging, visual and tactile observation. Documentation and evaluation by Lindsay Simmons of Poster Mountain Inc. |
| THIS POSTER WAS NOT CONSERVED, NOR RESTORED BY POSTER MOUNTAIN INC. Poster was received initialed and dated on the lower border by owner. Poster is a reproduced one sheet of "The Mummy", printed from an ink jet (non-impact) printer in a style intending to replicate an offset lithography process. The poster appears to have been folded and is mounted on cotton canvas with a paper substrate.
Under a microscope, the printer spray unique to ink jet printing (multiple color dots sprayed in order to create solid blocks of color) is apparent. The white colors are not true; instead they show cyan, magenta, yellow and black - the base colors for ink jet printing. The ink jet spray pattern is found in the other solid color blocks in this poster.
Examination on a light table reveals random damage: corner tack holes, 2 stamps on the verso (upper right and lower left) read "Independent Poster Exchange", and staining in the right border.
Under a blacklight the poster shows that the border has been painted and the U and M in the title have been damaged and in-painted.
The fold lines have been touched up with colored pencil.
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