Title:
Title
Deaccession of Artwork from the Crocker Art Museum Collection
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00532
Location
Location: District 4
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to deaccession artwork from the Crocker Art Museum collection.
Contact: Ashleigh Crocker, Registrar, (916) 808-7380; Jody Ulich, Director, (916) 808-5105, Department of Convention and Cultural Services
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Deaccession List 3.19
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Crocker Art Museum's Chief Curator, Executive Director, Collection and Acquisitions Committee, and the Crocker Art Museum Co-Trustees propose deaccessioning the works on the list that is included with this staff report.
Policy Considerations: The action recommended is consistent with the Crocker Art Museum's Collection Management Policy, which has been approved by City Council.
Each artwork from the attached list should be deaccessioned because it meets one or more of the following criteria set forth in the Collection Management Policy (Section 11(A)(2) [Deaccession and Disposition]):
a) The item is inconsistent with the mission of the Museum or is unrelated to the collecting areas;
b) The item lacks historical, art historical, and/or artistic merit;
c) It has been established that the item is inauthentic or has failed to retain its identity;
d) The item is redundant;
e) The Museum lacks the ability or resources to properly care for, conserve, store and/or exhibit the item;
f) The Museum is repatriating the item or returning the item to its rightful owner(s);
g) The Museum is returning the item to the donor, or the donor's heirs or assigns, to fulfill donor restrictions related to the item that the Museum can no longer satisfy;
h) The item presents a hazard to people or other collection items; or
i) The item has been lost or stolen and has not been recovered after three consecutive inven...
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