deaccession
1deaccession — deaccession, de accession de accessionv. t. [de + accession. Ca. 1970.] to sell (artwork); used of sales of art by museums. Note: The word appears to have been coined as a euphemism to avoid the negative connotations of the word sell ,… …
2deaccession — transitive verb Date: 1972 to sell or otherwise dispose of (an item in a collection) < the museum deaccessioned several paintings > • deaccession noun …
3deaccession — /dee ak sesh euhn/, v.t. 1. to sell (a work of art) from a museum s or gallery s collections, esp. with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works. v.i. 2. to deaccession a work of art from a museum s or gallery s collections. n. 3 …
4deaccession — 1) a specimen removed permanently from a museum collection 2) the process of removing a specimen from a museum collection. Material may be deaccessioned if it is found to belong to another institution, is to be donated to another institution, has …
5deaccession — 1. verb To officially remove an object from a museum, art gallery or library so that it may be sold. 2. noun The disposal of objects in this way …
6deaccession — v. remove and sell a work of art from the collection of a museum or gallery (particularly with the purpose of raising raise money to purchase other art works) n. work of art that has been removed from a collection artwork of a museum or gallery… …
7deaccession — To remove an artwork from a museum s collection, or the artwork that is removed. Works are typically deaccessioned through sale or exchange in order to acquire other works; rarely to support any other financial needs. During the art market of… …
8deaccession — [ˌdi:ək sɛʃ(ə)n] verb officially remove (an item) from a library, museum, or art gallery in order to sell it. noun the disposal of items in this way …
9deaccession — de·accession …
10deaccession — de•ac•ces•sion or de ac•ces•sion [[t]ˌdi ækˈsɛʃ ən[/t]] v. t. 1) cvb to remove (an object) from the permanent collections of a museum, library, or similar repository, usu. through a sale or trade 2) the act or fact of deaccessioning an object •… …
