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Potato Jesus

I received a very damaged, heavily overpainted John the Baptist, and went to work to make him right… but I also reflected on a disastrous “restoration” that never should have

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Trash? Or Restore?

When Pastel Is Damaged Fire… water damage… even a heavy layer of dirt can obscure a painting’s color, details – and sometimes, your judgement. “It’s ruined!” might be a collector’s

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30 feet high in a Harlem Church

I’m not afraid of heights – a good thing when the scaffold places me thirty feet above a marble floor. Recently, I supervised the cleaning of a large Crucifixion painting in a Harlem church. The accumulated soot and

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Is your art smoking?

A client recently brought me this amazing photograph (above); he had visited a friend who was taking his art collection off the walls. The collector smoked cigarettes for many years,

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About Jill Pratzon

Formed by Jill Pratzon in 1990, Pratzon Art Restoration is dedicated to restoring the beauty and the value of original illustration art and fine art. We specialize in the care

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