All art is sensitive to environmental damage, but wooden art is a special case. Fluctuating humidity can cause expansion and contraction of wood, while temperature changes can dry the wood out. That’s why securing a safe storage facility for wooden artwork is a matter of unique legacy preservation. The Naum Knop Foundation, an entity entrusted with keeping Naum Knop’s legacy alive and intact from degradation, has chosen Fine Art Shippers for the storage of the selected collection of Knop’s wooden art pieces. Here are the details about our collaboration on keeping Naum Knop’s heritage under rigorous protection.
About Naum Knop’s Art Legacy
Naum Knop (1917-1993) revolutionized modern architecture with a unique method and visual language. Though he worked with versatile materials during his creative career, including marble and bronze, a truly impressive part of his art legacy is made of wood. Wood is not a popular choice among sculptors due to its high degree of resistance to impact and shaping. However, Knop conquered this material and managed to achieve the fluidity of forms unusual for woodwork. His best-known wooden works include Horse Ryder (1975) and the abstract mural Vegetal and Figurative Forms (1972), both currently held in Fine Art Shippers’ storage. These two pieces are unique in terms of combining the compositional technique traditional for painting, yet with a three-dimensional element commonly found in sculpture.
Fine Art Shippers as a Partner of the Naum Knop Foundation
The Naum Knop Foundation owns over 1,000 works by Naum Knop, storing the collection across third-party facilities that can secure museum-grade protection to the artist’s heritage. Nine wooden works by Knop are currently stored in the Fine Art Shippers storage facility in Upper Manhattan, thoroughly packed and secured from all kinds of environmental and human risks. With advanced climate control and cutting-edge environmental monitoring systems, our storage space guarantees the integrity of Naum Knop’s art during its long-term storage.
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About the Fine Art Shippers Art Storage Facility
A couple of words should be said about the quality of our art storage facility in Upper Manhattan, which, in part, contributed to the trust of many art foundations, galleries, and museums across the USA. It was designed in close collaboration with specialists who equipped the Van Gogh Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art with state-of-the-art solutions for infallible art storage. Their input, coupled with professional equipment and end-to-end service by trained, certified art handlers, makes our storage facility the best choice among quality-conscious art owners in New York and beyond.