Follow Julie Wolfe, Associate Conservator at the Getty Museum, as she provides a behind-the-scenes look into the conservation process for Stephan von Huene’s acoustical sculpture “Tap Dancer.” Created in 1967, Nancy Reddin Kienholz lent the work from her collection to the Getty Museum for the exhibition Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1960-1970 (October 1, 2011–February 5, 2012).

Read more on Getty’s Blog “The Iris.”

Image: Tap Dancer (front and side views, with base panels removed), Stephan Von Huene (American, 1932–2000), 1967. Wood, metal, and mechanical components, 120 x 90 x 75 cm. Collection of Nancy Reddin Kienholz. Artwork © Petra von Huene, Hamburg