Ruby Rose Maller Fine Arts Acquisition Fund [F18653]

Mr Albert John Maller having made a gift of $35,000 to the University to create a fund to be a perpetual foundation and to be known as the Ruby Rose Maller Fine Arts Acquisition Fund in memory of his late wife, Ruby Rose Maller, the fund is established and is administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The purpose of the fund is the acquisition of works of art by The University of Western Australia for the Ruby Rose Maller Collection.

2. Except as provided in 7, works of art from the Ruby Rose Maller Collection will be displayed from time to time in the Ruby Rose Maller Memorial Gallery of the University's Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

3. The fund is administered as a perpetual foundation with thirty per cent of the annual income capitalised and added to the trust fund and seventy per cent of the annual income made available for acquisitions.

4. Amounts made available for acquisitions need not be expended in the year of income but may be carried forward in part or in whole as circumstances and opportunities for suitable purchases may vary, provided that any carry-over be not accumulated to an unreasonable amount or for an unreasonable length of time in which case all or part of the accumulated funds must be capitalised and added to the trust fund.

5.(1) The fund is administered by the University Art Collection Board or such other body as may be charged by the Senate with responsibility for the University's Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery purchasing and exhibition programme.

(2) The administering body for the fund must include the Curator of Art or the future equivalent of the Curator, as a member and as professional adviser.

6.(1) The works of art acquired must be serious reflections of Australian culture and environment by Australian artists, and the works must be of high quality, both in execution and durability.

(2) Two-dimensional works may be figurative, still-life or landscape in the traditional mediums of water colour, oil, acrylic, pencil, charcoal, coloured chalks or other mediums such as woodcut, linocut or etchings.

(3) Three-dimensional works should be of traditional mediums such as bronze, wood, stone, ceramics or glass.

(4) It is not intended to exclude any works within the definition of Fine Arts, such as photographic works or works in precious metals including jewellery, but to specifically exclude any work that can be regarded as bizarre, grotesque or obscene.

7.(1) Works of art purchased by the fund remain part of the University's art collection and when displayed in the Ruby Rose Maller Memorial Gallery or in any other University art gallery or building, or when on loan to other public institutions, must be suitably labelled and acknowledged.

(2) Any catalogue or book must include an acknowledgement and, in accordance with normal art museum practice, indicate the source of funding.

8.(1) These regulations may be amended from time to time by the Senate following consultation with the donor.

(2) After the death of the donor, these regulations may be amended from time to time as determined by the Senate, provided that such amendment conform to the general intention of the donor as expressed in these regulations or subsequent documentation provided by the donor.