In 1982, the museum owned 60 percent of the painting.
Most museum and large art galleries own more works than they have room to display.
As the museum owns in all around 20,000 items of African art, the choice was not easy.
The museum owns more than 70,000 examples of California art and design, created from the mid-1800s to the present.
The new wing is being built on land that the museum already owned.
She pointed out that the museum owned several of her pieces.
Nor has hers ever been so prominent again, though many museums own her work.
The museum also owns a drawing that is a study for a similar clock.
The museum also owns the last steam engine ever built by the company.
This is one of the many cabooses which the museum owns.