Margaret Holben Ellis is the Eugene Thaw Professor of Paper Conservation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she teaches the conservation treatment of prints and drawings, as well as technical connoisseurship for art historians. She also serves as Director, Thaw Conservation Center, The Morgan Library & Museum. She is currently Vice-President and Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works of Art (AIC), Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), Accredited Conservator/Restorer of the International Institute of Conservation (ICON). Professional and academic awards have included the Caroline and Sheldon Keck Award (2003) for a sustained record of excellence in education, the Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award (1997) in recognition of outstanding service to the profession both conferred by the AIC, the Rome Prize, the first to be awarded to a conservator, from the American Academy in Rome (1994) and most recently (2015) a scholar’s residency at the Getty Conservation Institute. She has published and lectured on artists ranging from Raphael and Titian to Pollock, Samaras, and Lichtenstein, and her research on artists materials is similarly far-ranging. Her most recent publication is Historical Perspectives in the Conservation of Works of Art on Paper, (2015) published by the Getty Conservation Institute. She is a graduate of Barnard College (1975 B.A. art history, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa) and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (1979 M.A. art history; Advanced Certificate in Conservation).
This newly-revised edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings
remains replete with essential information about how to preserve
works on paper, but also reflects today’s prevailing focus on
preventive care in the field of conservation. Filled with practical
strategies, specific and detailed information, as well as
fascinating details about the nature of paper-based artwork and
artifacts, the knowledge and experience shared in this volume are
indispensible to anyone involved in its care.
*Pamela Hatchfield, Robert P. and Carol T. Henderson Head of
Objects Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; President,
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
(AIC) and the FAIC*
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