Roger de la Fresnaye

I am doing research on the canvas type used by the artist Roger de
la Fresnaye.  I have been contacting conservators and curators in a
number of museums in the U.S.A. to either find out from their own
investigations the fiber type used or to have "sticky tape" (a la
McCrone) samples taken for me to examine.  According to the
catalogue Raisonne by Germaine Seligman, there are quite a number of
de la Fresnaye paintings in private collections.  I would very much
appreciate hearing from conservators who have examined any de la
Fresnaye paintings and know the fiber type or can provide me with a
sample of the canvas fiber.  Katrina Vanderlip de Carbonnel's
excellent and most useful article, "A study of French painting
canvases" JAIC (1981:3-20) shows a change in time from hemp to linen
to cotton, but some paintings are hemp/linen or linen/cotton blends
and some the warp is one fiber and the weft another.  Thus careful
examination of the sample area is important.

Also, I would very much like to hear from or have the names of any
conservators at the Musee National d' Art Moderne, Paris and the
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.  Thank you.

Niccolo Caldararo

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