"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since." -Salvador Dali
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Title. Artist. Medium. Signature. Marks/Labels. Condition.
Dimensions. Height. Width. Depth (if applicable).
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Framed. Unframed.
Notes.
Sound familiar?
Day six. I'm back in the tweed chairs that are roughly the color of peeled kiwi and back writing condition reports for a bunch of dead cardinals' tombs. I will freely admit I did my fair share of geeking out the first day, but if I have to write "Monumento Sepolcrale di Someone Italian with a Bunch of Os and Is," heads will be broken. Or I'll sigh very very deeply and grimace a bit. It will probably be the latter.
But Jean and I (mostly Jean. Poor thing, she's been doing these for weeks.) finally finished writing up all 242 condition reports on these Monumento Sepolcrales. They were so tedious I almost got sick of the conservation gloves.
I will not be terribly heartbroken at the loss of the '70s chairs either.
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