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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
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
America's First Agricultural College America's First Agricultural College Henry Bernstein 1938

Mural commissioned by the Federal Arts Project of the WPA for the East Lansing (Michigan) Post Office, on Loan from the United States Post Office
1st Floor (Special Collections)

 Painting On Loan On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor Center
Sailing Through person on ship bow with telescope peering into "torn" sections of landscape Holly Nauta 2013

Oil on Canvas
Winner, 2013-2014 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition

 Painting Art Contest Winner
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
Immersion An aqua colored contemporary painting Jordan Taylor 2012

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

 Painting Art Contest Winner On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor East
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
Autumn Plains II A depiction of the sunrise with white plains depicted as white graphical squares. Robert Waterman c.1970s

Linocut-intaglio print

 Print/Lithograph Donated Not Currently Available for Public Viewing Stephen Wilensky and Mark Ritzenhein
Forest Owls A print that features blocks arranged to resemble two owls. Robert Waterman c.1970s

Linocut-intaglio print

 Print/Lithograph Donated Not Currently Available for Public Viewing 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