Advancing American Art: Painting, Politics, and Cultural Confrontation at Mid-Century
by Taylor D. Littleton and Maltby Sykes with an Introduction by Leon F. Litwack. 2nd ed. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2005, 159 pp.

Introductory chapters discuss the historical context in which Auburn’s Advancing American Art collection was acquired. The remainder of the book presents reproductions of the paintings in the collection with commentary on the artist and painting. In the second edition all reproductions are in color.