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Table 1 Samples name, image of the object or of the point on the artwork from which the sample was taken, description of the sampled artwork/object and of the region where the samples were taken

From: A study of cadmium yellow paints from Joan Miró’s paintings and studio materials preserved at the Fundació Miró Mallorca

Sample name

Artwork/object image

Description of the sampled artwork/object

Sampled region

Artworks

A2

Untitled-FPJM-00029

Oil on canvas

1978

Visibly degraded yellow paint, discoloured and chalky. Sample taken from a thick area of impasto

A7

Untitled-FPJM-00054.1

Oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas

1973

Visibly degraded yellow paint, discoloured and powdery, with some whitish crusts on the surface

A9

Untitled-FPJM-00053

Oil, acrylic and chalk on canvas

1974

Visibly degraded yellow paint, discoloured and powdery, with some whitish crusts on the surface

Oil paint tubes

A3

Tube of yellow oil paint

Mir

Artist studio Son Boter

Yellow sample taken from the dry paint around the edge of the paint tube

A5

Tube of Cadmium Yellow Lemon No.1

Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet

Artist studio Son Boter

Yellow sample taken from the inside of the paint tube (liquid)

A6

Tube of yellow oil paint

Unknown brand, possibly Mir

Artist studio Taller Sert

Yellow sample taken from the dry paint around the edge of the paint tube

Artist palettes

A1

Cup used for mixing paint

Artist studio Taller Sert

Visibly degraded yellow paint, discoloured and chalky

A4

Artist palette

Artist studio Taller Serta

Yellow sample taken from the edge of the yellow paint on the palette

A12

Artist palette

Artist studio Taller Sert

Visibly degraded yellow paint, discoloured and chalky. Sample taken from the edge of the yellow paint on the palette

  1. aInside a display case from 1986 to 2018, then removed and placed in the Taller Sert studio