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Silence-Winter-Hwang-2.jpg
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)…

Jungle-Library-by-Hall.jpg
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…

Continued-Dialog-by-Gall.jpg
Circular form wall sculpture in silver and gold-colored metals. At the right edge is the profile of an abstracted head with an open mouth. Five gold-tone beads appear to come from the mouth.On original plaque: Ted GallContinued DialogPlate aluminum…

Vietam-Peace-Suite-Peace.jpg
Salvador Dalí’s “Vietnam Peace Suite” comprises four colored lithographs, produced in 1973 to celebrate the conclusion of the war in Vietnam.“Warrior’s Dream,” depicts horses with riders against a blue sky; “Peace at Last” depicts two figures with…

Kaddish-II-by-Colombik.jpg
Cast aluminum sculpture. Silver-colored and long, with a central pyramid and two irregular horizontal branches. Undated.Roger Colombik graduated from Niles North High School in 1979 and studied art at Southern Illinois University and was a student of…

Canterbury-Tales-1.jpg
An authorized full-color, full-size facsimile of the Ellesmere Chaucer, a beautifully illustrated edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s book, The Canterbury Tales.On original plaque: The Canterbury TalesbyGeoffrey ChaucerThe New Ellesmere Chaucer…

Solitude-Gerda-M-Bernstein.jpg
Painting of an amorphous head and body in ochre on the left edge on an off-white background. Signed bottom right "G. Bernstein".As a child, Gerda Meyer Bernstein was a member of the Kindertransport, sent from Germany to England in 1938. Much of her…

Untitled-by-Joanne-E-Baumann.jpg
Drawing of amorphous tall shapes with arched tops with spiked projections. Within the shapes are circular, squiggle, bullet, and star shapes.On original plaque: Joanne E. BaumannUntitledGift of Joanne E. Baumann This drawing is not currently on…

Bookmans-Bestiary-by-Barron.jpg
Signed facsimile print of a poem by Susan Barron in the form of an illuminated English alphabet. The poem interweaves animal names with parts of books, as in, Cats glare atGiraffes with their dust covered knees. Folios ofElephants and gatherings…

Zen-Bench.jpg
The Zen Bench is constructed of granite and redwood in the style of traditional Japanese carpentry and the joints are clearly visible in a celebration of structure. The redwood base is notched and fitted, and the top is solid granite — two-thirds…
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