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Click on image for full report. U.S. One Sheet, stone-lithograph, Universal Pictures, 1933
H.G. Wells, Carl Laemmle, Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains
Universal Horror Litho by unknown (probably Morgan), #1265
Measures: 27 3/16" x 40 15/16"
Linen backed and expertly restored.
Microscope images shown at lower right were taken directly from the "Invisible Man" one sheet in the Ron Borst collection. |
| Imprinted with the PMCS silk screened "fingerprint-tag". Visual evaluation using light table, black light, microscope, digital photography and microscope photography.
Side-by-side comparison with a one sheet from the Ron Borst collection using photography with a digital camera [Nikon D90 with 12.3 megapixels], 50mm lens, and a microscope camera [AMSCOPE MD600E].
Consultation with the previous owner and conservator. Minor consultation with Dan Strebin and Ron Borst. Comparative examination courtesy of Ron Borst, his poster was taken off his wall, removed from it's frame and transported to our laboratory . Documentation by Lindsay Simmons and John Davis of Poster Mountain Inc. |
| This poster was neither conserved nor restored by Poster Mountain, Inc.
U.S. one sheet poster mounted to a substrate of cotton canvas and Masa paper with a water soluble adhesive.
Paper losses: 5 in the top border, from left to right measuring approximately: 2.5cm, 2.5cm, 3.3cm, 3cm and a thin loss 7cm to the upper right corner.
Right border losses: upper right measuring approximately 2.5cm and at the center fold, 0.5cm.
In the lower section above the text "A UNIVERSAL PICTURE" there are approximately 4 oblong losses, the largest is in the center measuring 7cm long and 2cm high, the smaller holes are approximately 2cm each.
These losses have been filled with a compound or paper.
A tear beginning at the center fold inside the woman's hat and continues approx. 18cm to the right.
This poster was previously folded laterally 5 times and once vertically at center. Due to these folds the border in these areas is partially broken and has been in-painted.
The border has been spot-airbrushed in all areas where losses and breaks occur.
Cosmetic restoration using a combination of airbrushing and colored pencil is evident in the H, G and S, of "H. G. Wells'", the woman's hat and coat, the Invisible Man's neck bandages, in the replacement of the upper border crop marks, and in large oblong area directly above the words "A UNIVERSAL PICTURE" in the lower section.
Side-by-side comparison with the one sheet from the Ron Borst collection highlight the similarities in plate impressions as well as the differences in color depth and value. The Borst poster reflects a much lighter ink pressing with less black and more yellow. The difference in the cyan (blue) in and around the words "A UNIVERSAL PICTURE" is believed to be the result of a careful local cleaning of the litho stone during the cyan print run. |
