SR-305-004-02
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CouncIl Mtg. 3/12/85
Santa MonIca, CalIfornIa
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Mayor and rIty CounC1l
FROM:
Arts r.:OmmlSSlon
RE:
Offer of a Donatlon of Artwork from
Mrs. ElIzabeth Rude
INTRODUC'T'ImJ
ThIS report recommends that CouncIl accept the offer of Mrs.
ElIzabeth Rud~ to donate an 011 paIntIng by Emil Koso, Jr. to the
CIty.
BACKGROUND
At Its meetIng on October 9, 1984, Councll adopted ResolutIon No.
6927 (CeS) WhICh establIshed the Art Bank Program. One prOV1Slon
of th1S program outlInes the procedure 10 WhICh the Clty reviews
and accepts permanent loans, donations, and bequests of works of
art for inclUSIon 1n the Art Bank.
The Arts CommiSSIon has receIved such an offer of a donatIon fro.
Mrs. ElIzabeth RUd~, a Santa Monica reSIdent. Mrs. Rude has of-
fered the CIty an oil paint1ng by EmIl Kaso, Jr. !he paIntlng,
which was fIrst exhIbIted at the San Franc1sco World's Fa1r
during the 1930's, 1S an impressionlst1c interpretatIon of a
typlcal CalIfornIa hIlls scene apd measures 24" X 29". PaInt1
of thIS type and from thIS period have become very collectlbJ
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although lt lS not known lf thlS palntlpg lS partlcularly valu-
able. A photograph of lt lS avallable In the CounCll offlce for
Councll Members' reVlew.
At ltS meetlng on February 25 and pursuant to the establlshed
procedure concern~ng donatlons of artwork, the Arts Comm~ss~on
consldered the recommendatlon of the Art Bank Jury that the offer
of this palnt1ng be accepted. The Arts Commlsslon voted unan1-
mously to accept thlS recommendatlon and to present lt to Coun-
cll. If accepted by ~ounell, the palntlng would become part of
the Art Bank collectlon and would be dlsplayed In varlOUS publlC
loeat1ons throughout the Clty, as speclf1ed ln the Art Bank
Program.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
There 15 no budget 1mpact on the Clty resultlng from Counell ac-
ceptance of th1S offer. The pa1nting lS 1n excellent eond1tlon
and will have extremely low ma1ntenance requlrements. Any future
ma~ntenance costs would be funded from the admln1stratlve expen-
d1tures of the Percent for Art Program. Also, the palntlng would
be covered under the ~lty'S eX1stlng self-lpsurance.
RE~OMMENDATION
The Arts romm1SSlon respectfullY recommends that Counell accept
the offer of Mrs. Ellzabeth Rude to donate an all palntlng by
Emll Koso, Jr., to the City.
Prepared by: David Lutz, Dlrector, Arts Commls51on
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