March 2, 2007

Fisk U. Reaches Agreement on Possible Sale of Valuable Art

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

For financially struggling Fisk University, a cash infusion is on the way. But the source of the money, which involves the sale of two paintings by prominent 20th-century artists, has yet to be determined.

After a yearlong legal battle over whether the university could sell the paintings, Fisk and a private museum that had sued to block the sale have reached a tentative agreement.

The paintings up for sale are Georgia O'Keeffe's "Radiator Building — Night, New York"

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