March 21, 2008
Fisk U. May Keep O'Keeffe's Art Collection
A Tennessee judge has ruled that Fisk University should not forfeit possession of a valuable collection of American and European art that it received from the artist Georgia O'Keeffe nearly 60 years ago, even though it breached the conditions under which the art was given.
The ruling is the latest in years of legal disputes in which the financially struggling university has attempted to sell parts of the 101-piece collection, which is worth millions of dollars, in order to remain
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