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tablish professional standards.
One of Mr. Katz's teachers was
in the first art conservation class.
Prior to starting his own busi-
ness, Mr. Katz had a range of
"hands-on" experiences at the In-
termuseum Conservation Labo-
ratory in Oberlin, Ohio. And until
1991, he worked as a conserva-
tor at the Detroit Institute of
Arts. During his tenure at the
DIA, Mr. Katz worked on some
of the most prestigious — and ex-
pensive — paintings in the col-
lection, including the work of
Alfred Sisley and Sir Joshua
Reynolds.
Since 1991, in addition to its
work for Detroit's Masonic Tem-
ple and the state of Michigan,
Conservation and Museum Ser-
vices has restored paintings for
private owners and insurance
companies.
Mr. Katz's latest conservation
effort was on the Tunis Ponsen

paintings, many of which are in-
cluded in an exhibit now touring
the Midwest. Conservation and
Museum Services also has treat-
ed works from the University of
Michigan Museum of Art, Cran-
brook and the Detroit Historical
Museum as well as corporate col-
lections from Masco Industries
and Omni Care, Inc.
For up to $80 an hour, Con-
servation and Museum Services
will clean, mend and retouch a
painting. Typically, Mr. Katz
said, the cost ranges from $500
to $600, with a repair for a small
tear costing about $100.
Part of the fee is a step-by-step
document of the conservation
measures taken. 'We educate our
clients to the dangers of what can
happen to these paintings," he
said. That way the condition of
the paintings will be better un-
derstood — and receive better
care. ❑

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