GUSTAV VIGELAND’S ‘ABEL MONUMENTET’

In 2017. I participated in conservation of Gustav Vigeland’s sculpure ‘Abelmonumentet’ in Oslo as a subcontractor to Skulpturkonservator Joanna Henck.

Before conservation

Gustav Vigeland’s ‘Abelmonumentet’ before conservation.

Artist: Gustav Vigeland

Title: Abel-monumentet

Date: 1905/08

Type: Bronze sculpture on a granite base

Dimensions: 8 m high base, 4 m high sculpture

 

 

 

Conservation included documentation, mechanical cleaning of the surface and waxing.

Mechanical cleaning of the bronze surface.
Mechanical cleaning of the bronze surface.
Mechanical cleaning of the bronze surface.
Mechanical cleaning of the bronze surface.
Detail of the sculpture before conservation.
Detail of the sculpture before conservation.
Detail of the sculpture after conservation.
Detail of the sculpture after conservation.