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Total Dedication
Mercedes Orihuela Maeso, Conservator of the Service of Deposits, 1975-What's onTotal Dedication
Mercedes Orihuela Maeso, Conservator of the Service of Deposits, 1975-What's on
What does it mean to do my job well? Well, total and full dedication, both physical and mental. Which is to say, you might go to Galicia for two weeks and drive around to visit absolutely all of the institutions where works are deposited, with all the physical tiredness and mental effort that entails, not to mention leaving your home and family behind, a lot of things. But, quite frankly, I felt this was the only way in which we could carry out all the work we have carried out. I don’t know whether it’s good or bad, but it involves total dedication at every level. That’s what we’ve done at this museum.
Conservator of the Museo del Prado since 1982. She began collaborating with the Museum in the 1970's, sorting documents and photographic archives. She documents and visits the depository institutions of works of the Museum, giving rise to the collection known as "Prado disperso" (Scattered Prado).
Interview recorded on April 08, 2018
Interview index
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Coming to this Museum since 1975 -
The First Task I Carried Out Was Quite Useful -
Everything Originated from a Formal Complaint -
The Considerable Challenge of the Prado Disperso -
The 1960’s: The First Exercises in Recovering Deposited Works -
The 1980’s: Working Side by Side with Pérez Sánchez -
Unusual Cases Regarding the Prado Disperso I: La batalla de San Marcial by Julio Aparicio -
Unusual Cases Regarding the Prado Disperso II: A Gift for a Dentist -
Unusual Cases Regarding the Prado Disperso III: At an Auction in London -
Unusual Cases Regarding the Prado Disperso IV: From Madrid to Caracas -
Unusual Cases Regarding the Prado Disperso V: The Independence of Cuba -
Unusual Cases Regarding the Prado Disperso VI: Una huelga de obreros en Vizcaya by Cutanda -
Unusual Cases Regarding the Prado Disperso VII: A Painting in the Open Air -
And We Continue to Come Across Works -
Probable Position of the Globe Before the Flood -
A Favourable Outcome -
A Shared Project -
The Political Vicissitudes of the Country and Management of the Museum -
Total Dedication -
My Current Situation at the Museum -
I’ve Worked a Long Time at This Institution
Theme
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Voces del Prado