Before and after: woodblock 1930’s

Cleaning a woodblock print from acids, Remiens 1930

Woodcut print by Remiens art deco

I cleaned this Art Deco woodcut print made by the Dutch architect and artist Remiens. This woodcut also had some thicker ink layers that displayed a different elasticity than the paper. This resulted in some waving of the paper. I had to repeat the process of wetting and drying the paper several times to reach the final result.