Many of, my paintings were acquired over the black market.

The price would be the highest for an American painting acquired at auction or privately.

The painting was acquired by David Joel in 1992 for £40,000.

The painting was acquired by the National Gallery in 1882.

Collectors like the duke were, for the first time, "concerned with acquiring paintings by particular artists."

However with the money from the insurance, it was possible to acquire other artistically valuable paintings.

The paintings were either commissioned directly from the painters or acquired at exhibitions.

Miss Shchukin can therefore claim reproduction rights only over paintings acquired by her father before 1910.

The core of the collection is constituted by the 700 paintings acquired from the Esterhazy estate.

His painting titled Relative (1969) was acquired by the Gallery in 1994.