Legal Opinion
Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (Museum) v. Fisk University
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 14, 2009No. M2008-00723-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*4OPINION
FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., joined. RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., also joined and filed a concurring opinion.
At issue in this appeal are the respective rights of three parties concerning charitable gifts of 101 pieces of art given, subject to conditions, to Fisk University in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The collection has an estimated present value in excess of $60 million. Four of the pieces, including the painting Radiator Building — Night, New York, were the property of Georgia O’Keeffe and given to the…
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