In 1993 Getty staff assisted the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art (LACMA) in treating Back Seat Dodge '38 (1964), a sculpture
by Edward Kienholz in LACMA's collection. Suffering from an
infestation of cloth moths, the artwork was treated using
nontoxic eradication methods developed by the GCI. Photo:
Shin Maekawa.
Back Seat Dodge '38 undergoes treatment at LACMA. For several
days, humidified nitrogen was pumped into a large, custom-made,
oxygen impermeable bag that enveloped the sculpture. This
safely and effectively eliminated the infestation problem.
Photo: Shin Maekawa.
GCI scientist Shin Maekawa in Cairo in 1989 during the presentation
of a nitrogen-filled, hermetically sealed prototype storage
case, designed by the GCI for the Egyptian Royal Mummy Collection.
Photo: Frank Preusser.
An object from the Getty Museum undergoes fumigation using
a reduced oxygen environment. Photo: The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Getty Museum staff member prepares an object for fumigation
using a reduced oxygen environment. Photo: The J. Paul Getty
Museum.
An 18th-century Venetian chair at the Getty Museum is being
fumigated with a nitrogen anoxia treatment. Photo: The J.
Paul Getty Museum.
The prototype storage case—designed by the GCI for the Egyptian
Royal Mummy Collection—with a nitrogen flow controller and
humidity and oxygen monitoring devices. Photo: Thomas Moon.
GCI designed hermetically sealed display cases locally fabricated
by staff of the Supreme Council of Antiquities to encase Royal
mummies in the Royal Mummy Exhibit at the Egyptian Museum
in Cairo. Photo: Shin Maekawa.
