Focus on Sundial, Boy with Spider and analyze the Condition.
The bronze sculpture is monitored, cleaned, and treated regularly by the IMA art conservation staff.  The surface of the bronze is protected from deterioration and corrosion by the yearly application of a fresh coat of hard wax.  This sculpture was surveyed in July 1993 of as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, and it was considered to be well maintained. In 2004 the IMA conservation staff undertook a major treatment of the sculpture in which the surface was repatinated to unify the color and improve its readability, and the newly fabricated wire and spider gnomon were added to restore the functionality of the sundial.  In June 2011, the wire and spider are currently missing from the sundial.
bronze sundial gnomon