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Creating a Collection : A Tour Through the Smith College Museum of Art
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How Museums Remove Objects from their Collections
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Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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1903, 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)
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Samantha Page
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How do museums build and unbuild collections?
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Why Museums Collect
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How Museums Remove Objects from their Collections
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Why Museums Remove Objects from their Collections
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How Museums Collect
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Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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1903, 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)
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2017-05-03T18:36:23-07:00
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2017-03-08T17:38:54-08:00
Childe Hassam's "Union Square in Spring"
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1896, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 21 in, SC 1905:3-1, Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fund
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2017-04-28T06:40:09-07:00
1
2017-03-28T08:28:50-07:00
Dwight W. Tryon's "Dawn"
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1906, oil on wood panel, 20 x 30 in., Art Complex Museum 80.334, Gift of Weyerhaeuser, Carl A. (formerly SC 1906:1-1, Hillyer Fund, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-03-21T19:26:29-07:00
Thomas Wilmer Dewing's "Lady with a Lute"
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1886, oil on wood, 20 x 15 3/4 in., NGA 1978.60.1, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Timme (formerly SC 1889:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-04-19T16:24:23-07:00
"Luster dish, seated king and queen in center"
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Unknown artist, 13th century, Iranian, Kashan, SC 2016:29-51, Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz '50
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1
2017-03-08T17:42:57-08:00
Childe Hassam's "Street Scene, Christmas Morn"
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1892, oil on panel, 11 3/4 x 8 in., SC 1934:3-3, Bequest of Annie Swan Coburn (Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn)
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1
2017-03-08T08:34:39-08:00
J. Alden Weir's "Delft Plate"
5
1888, oil on panel, 22 1/8 x 13 5/8 in., Boston MFA 47.1289, A. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund (formerly SC 1900:14-1, "thought to be purchased by Seelye", "by 1882", sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-03-08T08:23:55-08:00
Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Duane Street, New York"
5
1877, oil on canvas, 26 3/4 x 30 1/16 in., Brooklyn Museum of Art 47.175, Dick S. Ramsay Fund (formerly SC 1900:57-1, purchased via check 2/1879, source unknown, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-03-08T11:25:11-08:00
Lockwood De Forest's "Ramesseum at Thebes"
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ca. 1876, oil on canvas, 37 in x 30 in, SC 2015:15, Purchased with the Hillyer-Mather-Tryon Fund
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1
2017-03-21T19:31:12-07:00
Winslow Homer's "Song of the Lark"
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1876, oil on canvas, 38 5/8 x 24 1/4 in., Chrysler Museum of Art 83.590, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Dr. T. Lane Stokes (formerly SC 1900:7-1, thought to be purchase of Pres. Seelye from artist, 5/1879, sold via Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1950)
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1
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Abbott Handerson Thayer's "Winged Figure"
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1889, oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 37 3/4 in., AIC 1947.32, Simeon B. Williams Fund (formerly SC 1889:4-1, acquired from artist in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-04-20T13:29:00-07:00
George Inness's "Morning"
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1878, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 114.3 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Inv. no. 600 (1983.4) (formerly SC 1894:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1894, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
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Betye Saar's "Ancestral Spirit Chair"
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1992, painted wood branches, glass, bones, plastic, metal, and dried creeper vine, 60 x 46 x 32 in, SC 1992:42a-c, Purchased with funds realized from the sale of a work donated by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Rittmaster (Sylvian Goodkind, class of 1937) in 1958 and with funds realized from the sale of a work donated by Adeline Flint Wing, class of 1898, and Caroline Roberta Wing, class of 1896, in 1961
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Winslow Homer's "Shipyard at Gloucester"
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1871, oil on canvas, 13 1/2 x 19 3/4 in, SC 1950:99, Purchased
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1
2017-04-13T16:04:08-07:00
Thomas Eakins's "In Grandmother's Time"
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1876, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in, SC 1879:1, Purchased
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1
2017-03-28T08:23:55-07:00
Dwight W. Tryon's "The First Leaves"
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1889, oil on panel, 32 x 40 in., SC 1889:6-1, Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fund
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2017-04-28T07:11:17-07:00
William Merritt Chase's "View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard"
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1886-1890, oil on panel, 5 in. x 10 1/8 in., University of Michigan Museum of Art 1961/1.170, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hirschl (formerly SC 1900:20-1, acquisition unknown, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-03-08T17:33:50-08:00
Thomas Wilmer Dewing's "Lady with Cello"
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1920 or before, oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 16 1/16 in, SC 1934:3-4, Bequest of Annie Swan Coburn (Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn)
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George Inness's "Landscape"
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1877, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 38 1/2 in., SC 1989:6, Bequest of Frank L. Harrington in honor of Louise Cronin Harrington, class of 1926
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2017-04-28T06:49:14-07:00
Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Vase"
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not dated, glass with horizontal iridescent swags over iridescent bronze ground, 4 in. height, SC 1976:42, Gift of Mrs. H. L. Rachlin (Lucille Shyev, class of 1925, MSS class of 1927)
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William Merritt Chase's "Woman in Black"
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ca. 1890, oil on panel, 15 5/16 x 10 in., SC 1900:16-1, Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fund
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Elder man entreating young travellers; Detached folio from Persian book on ethics
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1580, ink, opaque watercolors, and gold on paper, 8 3/4 in x 5 5/16 in, SC 2016:29-71, Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz, class of 1950
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2017-04-28T07:17:17-07:00
Roman "Ewer"
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4th century, glass, 14 1/2 x 6 in. diameter body, SC 1948:4, Exchange for an object given by Brummer Gallery
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2017-04-20T13:34:18-07:00
Robert Swain Gifford's "Old Orchard Near the Sea, Massachusetts"
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1877, oil on canvas, 22 1/8 x 40 1/4 in., SC 1916:6-1, Purchased
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Toyokuni III (Utagawa Kunisada)'s "Two Women and a Child Hunting Mushrooms"
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not dated, woodcut printed in color on paper, 18 in x 22 3/4 in, SC 1980:39-1, Gift of Elizabeth Langmuir (Elizabeth Cross, class of 1931), transferred from the Rare Book Room
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Gimbels Ad
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Samantha Page
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Deaccessioned
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Works of art formally removed from the collection
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Dwight W. Tryon's "Dawn"
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Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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1903, 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)
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Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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Thomas Wilmer Dewing's "Lady with a Lute"
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1886, oil on wood, 20 x 15 3/4 in., NGA 1978.60.1, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Timme (formerly SC 1889:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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Dwight W. Tryon's "Dawn"
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1906, oil on wood panel, 20 x 30 in., Art Complex Museum 80.334, Gift of Weyerhaeuser, Carl A. (formerly SC 1906:1-1, Hillyer Fund, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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J. Alden Weir's "Delft Plate (Peaches)"
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1
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Winslow Homer's "Song of the Lark"
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1876, oil on canvas, 38 5/8 x 24 1/4 in., Chrysler Museum of Art 83.590, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Dr. T. Lane Stokes (formerly SC 1900:7-1, thought to be purchase of Pres. Seelye from artist, 5/1879, sold via Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1950)
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1
2017-03-08T11:25:11-08:00
Lockwood De Forest's "Ramesseum at Thebes"
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ca. 1876, oil on canvas, 37 in x 30 in, SC 2015:15, Purchased with the Hillyer-Mather-Tryon Fund
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2017-04-15T11:41:21-07:00
1
2017-03-08T08:34:39-08:00
J. Alden Weir's "Delft Plate"
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1888, oil on panel, 22 1/8 x 13 5/8 in., Boston MFA 47.1289, A. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund (formerly SC 1900:14-1, "thought to be purchased by Seelye", "by 1882", sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-03-08T08:23:55-08:00
Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Duane Street, New York"
5
1877, oil on canvas, 26 3/4 x 30 1/16 in., Brooklyn Museum of Art 47.175, Dick S. Ramsay Fund (formerly SC 1900:57-1, purchased via check 2/1879, source unknown, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-03-08T08:41:38-08:00
Abbott Handerson Thayer's "Winged Figure"
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1889, oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 37 3/4 in., AIC 1947.32, Simeon B. Williams Fund (formerly SC 1889:4-1, acquired from artist in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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2017-05-03T17:41:13-07:00
1
2017-04-20T13:29:00-07:00
George Inness's "Morning"
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1878, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 114.3 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Inv. no. 600 (1983.4) (formerly SC 1894:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1894, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-04-28T07:11:17-07:00
William Merritt Chase's "View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard"
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1886-1890, oil on panel, 5 in. x 10 1/8 in., University of Michigan Museum of Art 1961/1.170, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hirschl (formerly SC 1900:20-1, acquisition unknown, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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2017-04-02T11:14:04-07:00
Gallery picture - early SCMA
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This photograph shows an early installation in of Smith's art collection
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Samantha Page
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Purchased
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Works of art purchased from an artist or dealer
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Samantha Page
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Contents of this tag:
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Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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1903, 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)
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Thomas Wilmer Dewing's "Lady with a Lute"
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1886, oil on wood, 20 x 15 3/4 in., NGA 1978.60.1, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Timme (formerly SC 1889:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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2017-05-03T17:51:32-07:00
1
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Winslow Homer's "Song of the Lark"
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1876, oil on canvas, 38 5/8 x 24 1/4 in., Chrysler Museum of Art 83.590, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Dr. T. Lane Stokes (formerly SC 1900:7-1, thought to be purchase of Pres. Seelye from artist, 5/1879, sold via Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1950)
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Lockwood De Forest's "Ramesseum at Thebes"
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ca. 1876, oil on canvas, 37 in x 30 in, SC 2015:15, Purchased with the Hillyer-Mather-Tryon Fund
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1
2017-04-20T13:29:00-07:00
George Inness's "Morning"
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1878, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 114.3 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Inv. no. 600 (1983.4) (formerly SC 1894:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1894, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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2017-05-03T17:45:29-07:00
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2017-03-08T08:41:38-08:00
Abbott Handerson Thayer's "Winged Figure"
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1889, oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 37 3/4 in., AIC 1947.32, Simeon B. Williams Fund (formerly SC 1889:4-1, acquired from artist in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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2017-05-03T17:41:13-07:00
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2017-03-20T19:27:21-07:00
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Building a new collection
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Contents of this tag:
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2017-03-21T19:29:00-07:00
Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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1903, 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)
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2017-03-21T19:26:29-07:00
Thomas Wilmer Dewing's "Lady with a Lute"
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1886, oil on wood, 20 x 15 3/4 in., NGA 1978.60.1, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Timme (formerly SC 1889:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-03-08T08:34:39-08:00
J. Alden Weir's "Delft Plate"
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1888, oil on panel, 22 1/8 x 13 5/8 in., Boston MFA 47.1289, A. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund (formerly SC 1900:14-1, "thought to be purchased by Seelye", "by 1882", sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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2017-05-03T17:49:22-07:00
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2017-03-08T08:23:55-08:00
Louis Comfort Tiffany's "Duane Street, New York"
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1877, oil on canvas, 26 3/4 x 30 1/16 in., Brooklyn Museum of Art 47.175, Dick S. Ramsay Fund (formerly SC 1900:57-1, purchased via check 2/1879, source unknown, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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2017-05-03T17:50:43-07:00
1
2017-03-21T19:31:12-07:00
Winslow Homer's "Song of the Lark"
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1876, oil on canvas, 38 5/8 x 24 1/4 in., Chrysler Museum of Art 83.590, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Dr. T. Lane Stokes (formerly SC 1900:7-1, thought to be purchase of Pres. Seelye from artist, 5/1879, sold via Knoedler Gallery, New York, 1950)
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2017-03-08T08:41:38-08:00
Abbott Handerson Thayer's "Winged Figure"
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1889, oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 37 3/4 in., AIC 1947.32, Simeon B. Williams Fund (formerly SC 1889:4-1, acquired from artist in 1889, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-04-20T13:29:00-07:00
George Inness's "Morning"
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1878, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 114.3 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Inv. no. 600 (1983.4) (formerly SC 1894:1-1, acquired from artist via Hillyer Fund in 1894, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-04-13T16:04:08-07:00
Thomas Eakins's "In Grandmother's Time"
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1876, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in, SC 1879:1, Purchased
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2017-04-28T07:11:17-07:00
William Merritt Chase's "View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard"
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1886-1890, oil on panel, 5 in. x 10 1/8 in., University of Michigan Museum of Art 1961/1.170, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hirschl (formerly SC 1900:20-1, acquisition unknown, sold via Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946)
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1
2017-04-28T07:13:53-07:00
William Merritt Chase's "Woman in Black"
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ca. 1890, oil on panel, 15 5/16 x 10 in., SC 1900:16-1, Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fund
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2017-04-20T13:34:18-07:00
Robert Swain Gifford's "Old Orchard Near the Sea, Massachusetts"
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1877, oil on canvas, 22 1/8 x 40 1/4 in., SC 1916:6-1, Purchased
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Contents of this tag:
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Samantha Page
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Childe Hassam's "Union Square in Spring"
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1896, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 21 in, SC 1905:3-1, Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fund
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Samantha Page
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Samantha Page
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Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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Samantha Page
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1
2017-03-08T17:42:57-08:00
Samantha Page
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Childe Hassam's "Street Scene, Christmas Morn"
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1892, oil on panel, 11 3/4 x 8 in., SC 1934:3-3, Bequest of Annie Swan Coburn (Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn)
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Inconsistent with collecting policy
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When 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. 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.
