Deaccessioned Art
It is standard professional practice for museums to routinely evaluate their collections to ensure that the highest standards of collecting and display are maintained. From time to time, it is necessary to remove one or more works of art from the museum’s permanent collection in accordance with the standards determined by the Association of Art Museum Directors. This practice is known as deaccessioning.
The Cleveland Museum of Art maintains a cautious approach toward deaccessioning. A work of art may be a candidate for deaccessioning due to lack of relevancy to the museum’s mission, duplication in the collection, poor quality or condition, repatriation, false attribution, or the museum’s inability to adequately care for or store the work of art due particular needs or requirements.
The following list outlines the works of art that have been deaccessioned from the museum’s collection since 1998.
Title | Artist/Origin | Former Accession | Date Created | Department |
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Two-handled Vase | possibly by Benjamin Smith (British) | 1942.818 | 1814-1815 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Decorative Panel | Italy, 18th century | 1964.286 | mid- or late 1700s | European Painting and Sculpture | September 6, 2010 |
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Sugar Tongs | America, 18th century | 1940.416 | c. 1780 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Caster | America (possibly), 18th century | 1940.217 | c. 1730 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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The Holy Family | attributed to Paul Troger (Austrian, 1698-1762) | 1989.247 | c. 1750 | European Painting and Sculpture | September 6, 2010 |
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Spoon | John (American) Stuart (American, 1737) | 1940.264 | c. 1710-1720 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Teaspoon | firm of T. Sedgwick Steele (American), firm of Thomas Steele (American, 1812-1875) | 1951.96 | c. 1859-1865 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Strainer Spoon | America, 18th century | 1940.287 | 1700s | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Ladle | England, London, 19th century | 1945.174 | 1824-1825 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Portrait of a Woman | Germany, 18th century | 1424.1923 | 18th century | European Painting and Sculpture | September 6, 2010 |
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Teaspoon | America (probably), late 19th - early 20th century | 1940.160 | 1890-1916 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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River God | Italy, Venice, late 17th-early 18th century | 1962.124 | c. 1700 | European Painting and Sculpture | September 6, 2010 |
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Ladle | Europe, probably England, 18th century | 1940.399 | c. 1770 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Strainer Spoon | Walter Tweedie (British) | 1955.350 | c. 1775 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Tablespoon | John Edwards (British) | 1940.190 | c. 1730 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Dessert Spoon | America, 19th century | 1934.328 | c. 1840-1860 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Self-Portrait | copy after Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728-1779) | 1985.596 | c. 1773 or later | European Painting and Sculpture | September 6, 2010 |
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Teaspoon | William Simpkins (American, 1704-1780) | 1940.417 | c. 1730-1750 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Cream Jug | America, 18th century | 1940.218 | c. 1730-1740 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Teaspoon | J. R. Albertson (American, 1823-1907) | 1950.74 | c. 1860 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |