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McKeown Commission opts to proceed with conservator contract after dispute over archival boxes
Summary
At its Oct. 6 meeting the McKeown Collection Commission agreed to proceed with a conservation contract that includes creating archival boxes after conservator Karen Zukor said she would return works if those boxes were removed; commissioners said exact spending on the boxes was not specified in the record.
The McKeown Collection Commission agreed Oct. 6 to proceed with a conservation contract that includes archival-box production after conservator Karen Zukor told staff she would return works if the boxes were removed from the scope.
The decision came during a discussion about conservation work on a 1804 John Marshall portrait titled "Life of George Washington, commander in chief of the American forces." Chair Trumper reported that staff had spoken with Zukor and that Zukor's position was that, if the archival boxes were removed, "she would prefer to simply return the works to us," which would forfeit…
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