Abstract
Prior to an exhibition, one gouache (The Oise at Auvers 1890) and two drawings (Thatched Roofs 1884 and A Corner of the Garden of St Paul’s Hospital at St Rémy 1889) by Vincent van Gogh in the Tate collection were available for technical examination for the first time. Obvious colour changes in the papers and loss of colour in the inks and in pink/red pigments where display mounts have protected the edges prompted materials analysis, microfading and an investigation of their history. The decisions made for their display are discussed in the context of Tate’s lighting policy, currently being reviewed to cover all types of material in a growing collection of modern materials, and changing attitudes to the display or not of preserved colour beneath earlier mounts and frames. The materials van Gogh used were very typical of his known choices at the dates of making. The use of two formulations with geranium lakes based on Eosin Y, both sensitive to light, were identified in a gouache by this artist for the first time.
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