Forbes Pigment Labs: IFA-NYU

Forbes kept sets of artists' materials at home and at the Fogg. After his death, a team of conservators, Arthur Beale, Jean Woodward, Rhoda Burden, and Brigitte Smith, diligently took stock of Forbes private collection of artists materials. Portions of pigments were subdivided to create reference collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Intermuseum Conservation Laboratory, Cleveland OH (formerly Oberlin OH). The bottles were then sent to Institute of Fine Arts, Conservation Center, New York University, New York NY.