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On Archiving Schapiro

Category: preservation

Preserving lipstick (and its traces)

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Administrator

I recently wrote about a note in the archive from Frida Kahlo to Meyer Schapiro that includes traces of Kahlo’s lipstick. As an archivist, this naturally brought me to think about the preservation of the medium itself. I turned to Elizabeth Homberger, Assistant Conservator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles […]

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Posted in Frida Kahlo, lipstick, preservation

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