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HERITAGE SCIENCE
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/s40494-017-0126-5
Keywords
Picasso; Pigment identification; Infrared reflectography; Imaging spectroscopy; Multispectral; Synchrotron; X-ray fluorescence; Reflectance
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- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- National Science Foundation [1041827]
- National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences under NSF [DMR-1332208]
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The existence of a portrait hidden beneath The Blue Room (1901) by Pablo Picasso prompted a comprehensive technical study of this early Blue period painting. Microanalysis of paint samples was combined with reflectance imaging spectroscopy (RIS) and synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF) mapping to characterize the materials and structure of the paint layers and to understand the artist's palette and use of color in both paintings. Microanalysis of paint samples provided detailed information about pigment mixtures and paint stratigraphy while the complementary data sets provided by RIS and SR-XRF yielded important information about pigment distribution in both pictures and clarified details of the underlying painting. Overall, the comprehensive study increased understanding of both pictures and added to the growing body of knowledge about Picasso's early experimentation and evolving technique.
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