NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Lawyers for Fisk University are asking a Tennessee appeals court to bring an end to the 5-year-long court battle over an art collection donated to the school by the late painter Georgia O'Keeffe and approve a plan they say would save the school.
The school filed a brief this week in response to an appeal by the attorney general of Tennessee, saying Fisk won't be able to care for the Stieglitz Collection if it's forced to shut its doors because of financial woes.
The school is trying to stay afloat and wants to make $30 million from a deal with the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas that would allow the two institutions to share the artwork.
O'Keeffe donated the modern art collection to the school in 1949.
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