Fisk University art sale trial to begin Aug. 11

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

A trial to determine whether Fisk University has the right to sell a share of its famous Stieglitz art collection to another museum has been postponed two days.

Fisk hopes to sell a 50 percent share in the collection, donated by the late painter Georgia O'Keeffe, with the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Ark. The school would use the proceeds from the deal to shore up its finances.

Attorney General Bob Cooper has intervened in the case to represent the people of Tennessee's wishes to keep the collection in the state.

In a Thursday pretrial conference, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle set an Aug. 11 trial date.