Fisk University, in Nashville, is seeking a court’s approval of a plan to sell two paintings from its Alfred Stieglitz Collection. So far, however, its has succeeded only in raising the ire of some art lovers, The Washington Post reports.

The paintings—“Radiator Building—Night, New York,” by Georgia O’Keeffe, and “Painting No. 3,” by Marsden Hartley—are part of a 101-piece collection that was donated to the historically black college nearly 60 years ago by Stieglitz’s widow—O’Keeffe herself.

Art experts say the two paintings could fetch $10-million each at auction. Fisk would use the money for a new academic building, endowed professorships, and improved security at the gallery that holds the collection, according to the university’s president, Hazel O’Leary, a former U.S. secretary of energy.

The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation and its successor, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, have challenged Fisk’s plans. They cite a 1949 letter in which the university’s president at the time promised O’Keeffe that Fisk would not sell or exchange any objects in the collection. Saul Cohen, president of the O’Keeffe Museum, asserts that “Fisk is not complying with the conditions that Georgia O’Keeffe imposed.”

University officials expect a decision in Davidson County Chancery Court this year.