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R -- ART CONSERVATION Sol GS05P-96-SH-C000, Due 072696, contact, Joan Kumle, 330/375-5432, John Bolovan, 330/375-5432. The conservator will be responsible for providing the necessary professional services to ensure that the proposed conservation and treatment will not have an adverse impact upon the aesthetic, historic, and physical integrity of the thirteen murals; nine panels, 120'' x 84'', four panels, 120'' x 57'' located at the Frank T. Bow Federal Building, 201 Cleveland Ave., S.W., Canton, Ohio. It may be required that the conservation treatments be reversible in order to ensure that removal of materials and techniques will not endanger the physical welfare of the artwork. The known character of the artwork should not be modified. As much as possible, decayed parts of an artwork will be conserved, not replaced. The treatment prescribed shall be the safest and least intrusive restorative method so as not to compromise the original integrity of the artwork, and should following the guidelines for the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and ?Artistic Works (AIC) Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. A pre-bid meeting will be Thursday June 20, 1996 at 11:00 a.m. at the Frank T. Bow Federal Building, 201 Cleveland Ave., S.W., Canton, Ohio. (156)

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