In the context of Paradise of Maitreya, analyze the Initial restoration of the Restoration at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Restoration on the piece commenced in 1933 with structural treatment to reassemble the 63 panels the painting was partitioned into. During the work's movement, a significant amount of degradation had occurred, causing loss and disfigurement. After the initial restoration was completed, George Stout mounted the painting on the north wall of the ROM's Bishop White Gallery. It was placed on Masonite panels developed at the Fogg Art Museum using a polyvinyl acetate resin.
Fogg Art Museum polyvinyl acetate Masonite