JAIC 1996, Volume 35, Number 3, Article 3 (pp. 197 to 218)
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JAIC 1996, Volume 35, Number 3, Article 3 (pp. 197 to 218)

THE ARTIST'S INTENTIONS AND THE INTENTIONAL FALLACY IN FINE ARTS CONSERVATION

STEVEN W. DYKSTRA




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AUTHOR INFORMATION

STEVEN W. DYKSTRA received a B.A. in liberal arts from Bucknell University in 1973. He was privately trained in paintings conservation at the Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Art and Olin Conservation. In 1984–85 he was a national Museum Act master apprentice intern in the conservation department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 1988 he received an M.A. in individualized studies from the George Washington University for research in the history, philosophy, and anthropology of art resulting in a master's paper entitled, “Understanding Controversy in Fine Arts Conservation.” He works as a museum specialist/registrar in the Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, and maintains a private practice in paintings conservation in Washington, D.C. Address: 1524 Kingman Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005-3709.


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