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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Cream Jug | America, probably New England, 18th century | 1940.290 | c. 1780 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Marrow Spoon | England, 18th century | 1940.374 | c. 1760 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Bell | England, 18th century | 1940.165 | c. 1720 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Teaspoon | WH (American) | 1940.402 | c. 1760 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Cup | Samuel Edwards (American, 1705-1762) | 1940.194 | c. 1740 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Trifid-end Spoon | England, London, 17th century | 1935.39 | c. 1678 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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The Descent of the Holy Ghost | Flanders, Mechelen, 17th century | 1942.861 | 1600s | European Painting and Sculpture | September 6, 2010 |
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Porringer | America, late 18th - early 19th century | 1940.423 | late 1700s - early 1800s | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Pitcher | America, early 19th century | 1955.554 | c. 1800 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Sauceboat | DI | 1940.230 | 1700s | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Strainer Spoon | possibly by Thomas Townsend (American, 1701-1777) | 1940.269 | c. 1760 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Cream Jug | America, 18th century | 1940.292 | c. 1720-1740 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Teaspoon | attributed to Josiah Austin (American, 1719-1780) | 1940.142 | c. 1740 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Pipe | America ? | 1940.375 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 | |
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Cann | America, 18th century | 1940.166 | c. 1750 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Spur | England, 19th century | 1940.403 | c. 1850 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Tablespoon | John Gibbs (American, 1751-1797) | 1940.198 | c. 1770-1775 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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The Young John the Baptist | Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, 1665-1747) | 1936.350 | c. 1715 | European Painting and Sculpture | September 6, 2010 |
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Tazza | Nathaniel Locke (British) | 1943.180 | 1702-1703 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |
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Teaspoon | America, 18th century | 1940.426 | c. 1750-1765 | Decorative Art and Design | September 6, 2010 |