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The Village: Carl Sandburg
Abstract painting depicting tall buildings, houses, and trees in pink, blue and green. Undated.On original plaque:
Carl SchwartzTHE VILLAGE: CARL SANDBURGGift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
“Sandburg Village” is a neighborhood of apartment buildings on…
Tags: art collection, paintings, third floor
Gideon and Auerbach
Long, narrow, vertical wall tapestry in browns, beige, and gray, depicting used artist's paintbrushes. In background top "Carte Postale.” This piece is number 8 of an edition of 16 tapestries woven in Belgium on Jacquard looms. Alan Magee began…
Tags: art collection, fiber art, on display, second floor, tapestries
Abstract
Abstract oil painting with cubes, squares, and geometric shapes at the center of the image in colors of red, blue, black, and ochre. Different shades of yellow as background. Signed bottom right, "Lau."Originally from Hong Kong, Kwok Wai Lau…
Tags: art collection, on display, paintings, second floor
Silence (Winter Scenery)
Landscape painting of brown and beige mountains with snowy drifts and watery blue sky. Artist's chop marks top right and bottom left.On original plaque:
Lydia HwangSILENCE (WINTER SCENERY)Gift ofFriends of Mary Radmacher
Lydia Hwang (Pei-Quincita)…
Tags: art collection, not on display, paintings
Jungle Library
Whimsical painting depicting animals, trees, and books painted in bright, vibrant colors. Signed bottom left. On original plaque:
Norris HallJungle Library1991
The painting was purchased for Skokie Public Library’s 50th Anniversary with support from…
Tags: art collection, not on display, paintings
Salomoni
Signed offset print depicting coat rack with a brown coat, slippers, military uniform, and a building at right. Text, “Salomoni” at top. Signed in the bottom right.On original plaque:Tito SalomoniUntitled GraphicGift of the Schutz Family
Tito…
Tags: art collection, not on display, prints
Sandown Park, England
Watercolor of a horse race at Sandown Park Racecourse. Six horses and their colorfully dressed jockeys are depicted, mid-race.Sandown Park Racecourse is in Esher, Surrey, England and opened in 1875.This artwork is not currently on display.
Tags: art collection, not on display, paintings
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Arched, abstract, three-legged sculpture with curved, angled, pointed top. Bronze with green patina on a custom marble base. On original plaque:Brian MonaghanSearchBronzePurchased in honor ofMary RadmacherChief Librarian 1956 – 1985byThe Kihara…
Tags: art collection, first floor, on display, sculpture
Still Life, Fiasco, Bottles
Oil painting in blues and yellows of a still life with bottles and fruit. Signed on the top left.Stanley Mitruk (1922-2006) was born in Chicago and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Jane Addams Hull House with Julio De…
Tags: art collection, on display, paintings, second floor
I Touched But Could Not See, I Looked But Could Not Hear
Surreal painting of a series of wood doors in an open, barren landscape with cracked and dry ground and a green sky with a moon. There is a figure on the right side in the distant background.This painting is located on the north wall in the Computer…
Tags: art collection, on display, paintings, second floor