Found in Google Maps: Tony Smith Conservation Treatment in Progress

Sure, people have found all sorts of rare things in Google Maps, but I think I have found the first example of a conservation treatment of an artwork in progress. The image above is of a conservation crew working on the Tony Smith sculpture, The Elevens Are Up from 1963 — this version being the first in an edition of three and owned by the Menil Collection. It looks like the conservators just took a break for lunch and left their stuff hanging on the scaffold.

If found the image on street view while I was digging around Google Maps to locate all of the Tony Smith outdoor sculptures in the world as part of the INCCA-NA Artist Research Project: Tony Smith.

Pretty nerdy, I know, but still cool.