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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe sole description of the material damage, however, gives little information on the extent to which the damage impacts and effects a work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Art is defined by the duality of material<\/strong> (and material use) and appreciation<\/strong> of an object as a work of art. A damage can affect and change both aspects sustainably. This change in material and appreciation, if known, has a direct influence on pricing and the market chances of selling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, a work of art is less valuable after a damage<\/strong> and restoration. The monetary compensation, that the owner can expect after restoration, can be defined and explained in a comprehensible and transparent manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before identifying the value diminution after restoration<\/strong>, the individual significance of the damage to the artwork is to be determined by examining and evaluating the various material and immaterial aspects of the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The damage aspects include e.g. the “position of damage in the composition”, the “impairment of the technical and assigned function”, the “restorability” and the “impairment of artistic performance” to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This definable individual meaning of the damage in percent<\/strong> forms the basis for the argumentation of the diminution of the value in percent<\/strong> of the artwork after restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the point of view of the conservator-restorer: From the point of view of the damage assessor: Pracher, Martin: \u201eKunstsachverst\u00e4ndige: Werte erkennen, Werte benennen\u201c, in: AssCompact, Das Fachmagazin f\u00fcr Risiko- und Kapitalmanagement, Themenschwerpunkt Kunstversicherung, August 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pracher, Martin: \u201eErhaltungszustand und Wertverlust \u2013 Versicherung und Schaden\u201c, in: Der Kunst einen Wert zuweisen<\/a>, Dokumentation zum Symposium 2017, Hrsg.: Sasa Hanten-Schmidt, Van Ham Art Publications, K\u00f6ln, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-00-057715-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pracher, Martin: \u201eDer Q-WERT als Voraussetzung zur Wertminderung bei Kunstwerken\u201c in: Wertminderungen im Sachverst\u00e4ndigenwesen, Theorien zur Beurteilung und Berechnung, Hrsg. Willi Schmidbauer, M\u00fcnchen, 2016, ISBN: 978-3-7892-1833-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pracher, Martin: \u201eDie Lage des Flecks\u201c (M\u00f6glichkeiten zur Qualifizierung von Sch\u00e4den, materielle und ideelle Aspekte eines Schadens), Antiquit\u00e4tenzeitung (Weltkunstverlag\/Zeitverlag), M\u00fcnchen, Okt. 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMATERIAL AND IMMATERIAL ASPECTS OF A DAMAGE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Axioms on value and state of preservation after conservation\/restoration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Axiom 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The starting point of the restoration consideration is the value and the state of preservation of the work of art after the damage event (Fig. point X). Accordingly, a conservation\/restoration can improve the value and state of preservation of the work of art beyond the starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAxiom 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The starting point of the damage expert assessment is the value and the state of preservation of the work of art before the damage event (Fig. point A). Accordingly, a conservation\/restoration cannot improve the value and the state of preservation of the work of art beyond the starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Publications of Dr. Pracher on value diminution of artworks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n