Entire collection

Skokie Public Library’s permanent art collection began in the late 1960s and has grown steadily since then from a small collection of paintings by emerging Chicago artists to an eclectic mix of large-scale sculptures, paintings, prints, and tapestries from local, national, and international artists. Through a combination of gifts from generous private donors and assisting funds from the Illinois Arts Council, each work of art in the library enlivens the walls and courtyards of this award-winning building, providing visitors with visual inspiration.

This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection, including those that are currently not on display.

For more information about individual works, select from the gallery below or select specific locations from the menu above.

Abstract

Kwok Wai Lau's painting is located across from the elevators on the Second Floor.

Bookman's Bestiary

Susan Barron's illustration is not currently on display.

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The New Ellesmere Chaucer Facsimile edition of Chaucer's famous story is not currently on display.

Carousel

LeRoy Nieman's painting is located outside the Quiet Room on the Second Floor.

Chicago River

Hilda Rubin Pierce's painting is located in the Community Engagement hallway on the First Floor.

The Chess Game

Carl Schwartz's painting is not currently on display.

The Conspirators

Helen Goldfus' oil painting is on the east wall near the northeast corner on the Second Floor.

Continued Dialogue

Ted Gall's sculpture is not currently on display.

Energy

TUNA's abstract painting is in the Staff Lounge on the Third Floor.

Eskimo-Indian Sea God

This painted steel sculpture is not currently on display.

Farm Laundry

Irene Fisher's painting is on the east wall near the southeast corner of the Second Floor.

Fusion I

Morris Barazani's abstract painting is located on the east wall near the southeast corner of the Second Floor.

A Game of Chance

Hollis Sigler's poster is not currently on display.

The Garden

Barbara Schlenker's painting is in the Administrative Offices on the Third Floor.

Gideon and Auerbach

Alan Magee's tapestry is on the east wall near the Biography Collection by the northeast corner of the Second Floor.

Henry Harms Historic Home in Skokie

Eugene Paprocki's painting is on the east wall near the southeast corner of the Second Floor.

Horse Racing Suite

LeRoy Neiman's bronze sculptures are not currently on display.

I Touched But Could Not See, I Looked But Could Not Hear

J.J. Milam's surrealist painting is in the Computer Commons on the Second Floor.

Iron Mountain, Michigan No. 3

Carl Schwartz's abstract painting is on the east wall near the southeast corner of the Second Floor.

A Jeweled Winter Forest

Barbara Aubin's colorful painting is outside the elevators on the First Floor.

Jungle Library

Norris Hall's whimsical mural is not currently on display.

Kaddish II

Roger Colombik's sculpture is not currently on display.

The Lone Sentinel

Frank McCarthy's print is not currently on display.

Petrified Journey One Thru Ten

TUNA's abstract painting is in the Petty Auditorium on the First Floor.

Please Let Me Live

Arturas Slapsys' triptych is on the Third Floor.

Primitive Woman

Emmett Corley's sculpture is in the Administrative Offices on the Third Floor.

Red Metal Circles

This steel sculpture is not currently on display.

Salomoni

This print is not currently on display.

Sandown Park, England

W.D. Pratt's watercolor is not currently on display.

Sculptress Kay Hoffman

Carl E. Schwartz's painting is in the Administrative Offices on the Third Floor.

Search

Brian Monaghan's steel sculpture is in the Mary Radmacher Gallery on the First Floor.

Semi Nude with Zooples #5

Peter Max's hand-embellished print is in the Community Engagement Meeting Room on the First Floor of the library.

Silence (Winter Scenery)

Lydia Hwang's ink painting is not currently on display.

Solitude

Gerda Meyer Bernstein's painting is not currently on display.

Still Life, Fiasco, Bottles

Stanley Mitruk's abstract painting is on the east wall near the World Languages Collection in the southeast corner of the Second Floor.

The Sunshine Machine

Robert Middaugh's sculpture is not currently on display.

Swans

Elliott Balter's sculpture is located in the courtyard on the east side of the First Floor.

“Take these seeds and put them in your pocket. At least sunflowers will grow."

Margarete de Soleil's print is in the Community Engagement offices on the First Floor.

Untitled #32

Joanne Baumann's drawing is not currently on display.

Untitled Corten

Brian Monaghan's steel sculpture is not currently on display.

Untitled [Dancing Figure]

This stone rubbing is located on the east wall in the northeast corner of the Second Floor.

Untitled [Giraffes]

Marcia Grusin's needlepoint tapestry is in the Nursing Room in Youth Services on the First Floor.

Untitled [Milwaukee Industrial Area]

Earl Gessert's painting is on the east wall near the northeast corner of the Second Floor.

Vietnam Peace Suite

Salvador Dali's suite of prints is not currently on display.

View from McCormick

Ted Gall's sculpture on the wall of the South Courtyard on the First Floor.

Read more about this sculpture on the Library's blog.

The Village: Carl Sandburg

Carl Schwartz's painting is in the Administrative offices on the Third Floor.

Wall Hanging

This colorful wall hanging is located in the Petty Auditorium on the First Floor.

Walled City

Hilda Rubin Pierce's painting is in the Administrative Offices on the Third Floor.

Yellow Dome

Harry Mintz's painting is on the east wall near the northeast corner of the Second Floor.

Zen Bench

This marble bench is not currently on display.