LACMA has published an article on Frank Stella’s St. Michael’s Counterguard, a work from the museum collection currently on view at The Whitney’s Stella retrospective, documenting the challenges of transport and installation for the work. “Yes, all the parts were there (with the exception of the original wall cleat), but could we put them together? The only way to make sure was to temporarily install the artwork ourselves at LACMA before repacking and crating it for transport to the Whitney,” writes lead conservator Mark Gilberg.
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