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Childe Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"
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12017-04-19T16:43:45-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cChilde Hassam's "Church at Old Lyme"6plain2017-04-19T16:50:28-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-08T17:38:54-08:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cChilde Hassam's "Union Square in Spring"61896, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 21 in, SC 1905:3-1, Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fundmedia/hassam_unionsquare.jpgplain2017-04-28T06:40:09-07:00All Reproduction Rights Are Reserved and RestrictedSMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ARTNorthampton, MA 01063Registrar / Collection Manager413-585-2765413-585-2763 (main)Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-08T17:42:57-08:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cChilde Hassam's "Street Scene, Christmas Morn"51892, oil on panel, 11 3/4 x 8 in., SC 1934:3-3, Bequest of Annie Swan Coburn (Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn)media/hassam_streetscene.jpgplain2017-04-15T11:42:09-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
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12017-04-02T10:24:08-07:00Inconsistent with collecting policy6plain2017-05-05T13:12:08-07:00When 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.
