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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
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
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
Dark Shadows Women in bed holding a baby surrounded by two soldiers holding guns and creatures with multiple eyes and tentacles Bruce Stepan 2013

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

 Painting Art Contest Winner On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor East
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
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
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
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
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