Word: whereon
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...deaccession form. On this occasion, Hoving overrode him, though, in theory, the Met's official de-accessioning procedure is full of checks and balances. "Generally," says the Met, "the curator recommends de-accessioning of a work of art to the vice director, curator in chief and the director," whereon the final decision to de-access lies with the Acquisitions Committee or, if the object -like the Rousseau-is worth more than $25,000, with the board of trustees itself. But such safeguards are in practice vulnerable to a strong impetus from the director, since very few of the present...