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Creating a Collection: A Tour Through the Smith College Museum of ArtMain MenuHow do museums build and unbuild collections?How This WorksInstructions on How to Use this WebsiteHow to Read a Museum LabelThis will help you navigate the SCMA and other museumsWhat is "Public Trust"?Why Museums CollectHow Museums CollectWhy Museums Remove Objects from their CollectionsHow Museums Remove Objects from their CollectionsSamantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
Inconsistent with collecting policy
12017-04-02T10:24:08-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c156236plain2017-05-05T13:12:08-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cWhen the SCMA deaccessioned nearly 100 American paintings in the 1940s, there was no official connection between the disposal of those artworks and the museum's collecting policy. However, the sale did reflect a change in the museum's interests, as it had begun to collect modern European art much more.
The Kemper Museum of Art at the University of Washington, St. Louis provides a strong example of a museum that removed a number of works from its collection in order to change directions in its mission. Read more about it here for a comparison to the SCMA.
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12017-03-08T17:31:21-08:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cDeaccessioned21Works of art formally removed from the collectionstructured_gallery2017-05-05T13:14:20-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-29T12:20:16-07:00Juan Gris's "Fruit Dish, Glass, and Newspaper"111916, oil on canvas, 13 x 18 1/4 in, SC 1923:2-1, Gift of Joseph Brummermedia/gris_fruitdish.jpgplain2017-04-26T11:13:43-07:00
12017-03-21T19:29:00-07:00Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"71903, oil on canvas, 47 x 39 in, location unknown (formerly SC 1905:3-2, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1905, sold via Gimbel Brothers in 1946)media/hassam_church_luna copy.jpgplain2017-05-03T18:36:23-07:00
