deaccession
verb
de·ac·ces·sion
ˌdē-ik-ˈse-shən 
-ak-
deaccessioned; deaccessioning; deaccessions
: to sell or otherwise dispose of (an item in a collection)
the museum deaccessioned several paintings
deaccession
noun
Examples of deaccession in a Sentence
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In 2011, it was deaccessioned—or permanently removed from the collection—and sold to an anonymous collector in a private sale through Christie’s, with proceeds going to fund preservation of other items in the hall’s collection, said spokesperson Rich Desrosiers.
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Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
The Education Gallery is featuring a display curated by Canning on deaccessioning art, with an explanation of what the process is and examples from the Brauer’s collection of pieces that the museum can and cannot divest from.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art deaccessioned a painting by Mark Rothko gifted to the museum by Peggy Guggenheim and used the proceeds to make the collections more diverse.
—Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 29 June 2019
One area of concern could be whether the university is violating the intents of any donors or funders by selling the 46 works of art deaccessioned by the museum and consigned to Christie’s.
—Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
The book covers came from the library of the African American Studies department at the University of California, Berkeley, which was deaccessioning obsolete items.
—Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter and Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2017
The traditional quilter’s resourcefulness in repurposing scraps resonates as well with the artist’s own use of old, unwanted films (many of them deaccessioned by the Fashion Institute of Technology).
—Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 30 June 2017
Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
The Education Gallery is featuring a display curated by Canning on deaccessioning art, with an explanation of what the process is and examples from the Brauer’s collection of pieces that the museum can and cannot divest from.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art deaccessioned a painting by Mark Rothko gifted to the museum by Peggy Guggenheim and used the proceeds to make the collections more diverse.
—Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 29 June 2019
One area of concern could be whether the university is violating the intents of any donors or funders by selling the 46 works of art deaccessioned by the museum and consigned to Christie’s.
—Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
The book covers came from the library of the African American Studies department at the University of California, Berkeley, which was deaccessioning obsolete items.
—Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter and Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2017
The traditional quilter’s resourcefulness in repurposing scraps resonates as well with the artist’s own use of old, unwanted films (many of them deaccessioned by the Fashion Institute of Technology).
—Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 30 June 2017
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“Deaccession.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deaccession. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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