Thesis Research

Source: Public Art, Public Controversy

pg. 34, from the 1979 King County (Washington) Arts Commission:

“Under the policy, a work of art may be considered for deaccessioning if one or more conditions such as the following apply:”

1. it is of clearly inferior quality;
2. it has received consistently adverse public reaction for a period of five or more years;
3. deaccessioning has been requested by the agency that displays the work;
4. it is not representative of the best work by that artist;
5. it is duplilcative, or excess, in a large holding of work of that type, or of that artist;
6. it is fraudulent or not an authentic work;
7. it can be used to finance, or can be traded for, a work of greater importance;
8. it possesses faults of design or workmanship;
9. it causes excessive or unreasonable maintenance;
10. it is damaged irreparably, or to an extent where repair is unreasonable or impractical;
11. it represents a threat to public safety;
12. a suitable place for display no longer exists;
13. the work is not, or is rarely, displayed;
14. a written request from the artist has been received.”