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AP — JUDGE RULES IN FAVOR OF FISK U., SCHOOL MUST DISPLAY O’KEEFFE WORKS

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By Erik Schelzig

Associated Press Writer

NASHVILLE, TENN. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Fisk University broke the terms of a donation from painter Georgia O’Keeffe but should not lose its art collection to a New Mexico museum.

Nashville Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle placed a permanent ban on Fisk selling the 101-piece collection and set a deadline for the historically black university to retrieve the artwork from storage and put it on display.

Lyle had rejected several previous attempts by the cash-strapped school to sell artworks, including O’Keeffe’s signature 1927 oil painting “Radiator Building — Night, New York.’’

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in New Mexico sued to gain control of the collection because of the school’s attempts to sell paintings and because they were not on display.