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Notice: Due to ongoing construction, 4 East is currently closed to the public.  To obtain items located on 4 East, please place an online request for the item to be paged for you using the ‘Place Request’ button in the catalog. Please visit our Circulation FAQ page for assistance in using our catalog.
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Inventory of Art in the Libraries

Title Image of Art Piece Artist Name Art Creation Year Art Information Art Type Art Classification Art Location Donor Name Art Donation Year
Tomo Takeover Four women in a meadow that appear to be the same woman. Elise Toups 2012

Oil on Birch
Winner, 2012-2013 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition

 Painting Art Contest Winner On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor East
Untitled Splatters of blue, green, purple, and orange on diagonal white strips Unknown Unknown Mixed Media Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor East Ted Wilson, Class of 2001
Artifacts Sculpture of silver and rustic tiles Glen Michaels 1979, reworked in 2010

Mixed media
1 West (Faculty Book Collection alcove)

 Mixed Media On Loan On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor West
Clang Tone Metal sculpture of a tuning fork James Cunningham 2013

Located in west stairwell on 2nd floor west, Main Library

 Sculpture Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 2nd Floor West Stephen Wilensky, in memory of Mark Ritzenhein
Skyfire Modern sculpture featuring overlapping strips in vibrant colors and black and white. John T. Scott 2004

Mixed media
2 West (north stairwell)

 Mixed Media Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 2nd Floor West Selma D. Hollander, in memory of Professor Stanley C. Hollander
Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour Graphical shapes over a blue striped background. Edgar Franceschi c.1990s

Lithograph
Located inside conference room on 4 West

 Print/Lithograph Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 2nd Floor West Stephen Wilensky and Mark Ritzenhein
Base Hit Painting of baseball game showing pitcher, catcher, and batter. Eric B. Weston 2007

Located inside the Turfgrass Information Center (Main Library, 3West).

 Painting Unknown On Display at the MSU Main Library 3rd Floor West Eric B. Weston
Feminidad swirls of pastel colors of acrylic paint on canvas Marty Quiroz 1985 Painting Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 4th Floor West Karen R. McDowell
Modernist Metaphor Silhouetted figure with collage-like graphics Edgar Franceschi c.1990s

Lithograph
Located in conference room on 4 West

 Print/Lithograph Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 4th Floor West Stephen Wilensky and Mark Ritzenhein
Things Are Being Hidden Brightly colored biomorphic shapes creating semi-hidden layers Steven Stradley 2010

Oil on canvas
Winner, 2010-2011 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition

 Painting Art Contest Winner On Display at the MSU Main Library 4th Floor West