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Title
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Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Acrylic on canvas
Physical Dimensions
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29 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.
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Title
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A Jeweled Winter Forest
Creator
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Aubin, Barbara, 1928-2014
Description
An account of the resource
Abstract acrylic painting with white swirls and shapes of orange, blue, and yellow. Signed bottom right. Undated<br /><br />Barbara Aubin (1928-2014) was born in Chicago and studied Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Until her retirement in 1991, Aubin was a professor at Chicago State University. She received fellowships that enabled her to travel abroad, including a Fulbright Fellowship award in 1958. She has received many awards and her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2002, the Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art held a retrospective of Aubin’s work.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is near the First Floor elevators.</strong>
Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1973.
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jpeg
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Jeweled-Winter-Forest-Aubin.jpg
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1973.
art collection
first floor
paintings
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Title
A name given to the resource
Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
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46 x 56 1/2 in.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Fusion I
Creator
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Barazani, Morris, 1924-2015
Date
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1967
Description
An account of the resource
Abstract oil painting in yellow and orange. Signed bottom right.<br /><br />Modernist abstract painter Morris Barazani (1924-2015) moved to Chicago in the 1950s to join the Chicago Bauhaus movement at the Institute of Design where he worked with Laszlo Maholy Nagy. After founding the art department at DePaul University, Barazani became the director of the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois’ Chicago Circle Campus, where he remained for 24 years.<br /><br /><b>Located on the east wall near the southeast corner of the Second Floor.</b>
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jpeg
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Identifier
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Fusion-I-by-Morris-Barazani.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Vincent Warther, 1986.
art collection
first floor
on display
paintings
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Title
A name given to the resource
Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Oil on board
Physical Dimensions
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17 x 23 1/2 in.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Farm Laundry
Creator
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Fisher, Irene, 1921-2004
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1959
Description
An account of the resource
Painting of gray houses with colorful shirts and linens on a clothesline alongside a dirt path. Signed bottom right.<br /><br />Irene Fisher (1921-2004) studied art at Northwestern University, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the North Shore Art League. She worked with oil paint, pastel chalks, and paper collage from her home studio in Glencoe, Illinois, and her art has been exhibited in and around the Chicago and North Shore area.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is on the east wall near the southeast corner of the Second Floor.</strong>
Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1978.
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jpeg
Rights
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Identifier
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Farm-Laundry-by-Fisher.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1978.
art collection
on display
paintings
second floor
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Title
A name given to the resource
Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Watercolor on paper
Physical Dimensions
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26 1/2 x 34 in.
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Title
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Untitled [Milwaukee Industrial Area]
Creator
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Gessert, Earl, 1918-1996
Description
An account of the resource
Painting of houses and industrial buildings with telephone poles and a white picket fence. Overall colors of dark blue, purple, and green on a light background. Undated.<br /><br />Known as Milwaukee’s “Milkman Artist,” Earl Gessert (1918-1996) worked as a milkman in the mornings for more than twenty years so that he was free to paint and teach in the afternoons. Gessert studied art and later taught at the Layton School of Art. According to the Museum of Wisconsin Art’s website, “he loved to paint industrialization and street scenes as if they had a life of their own… [H]e also helped form the Wisconsin Watercolor Society [and later] moved… to Arizona where he continued… painting every day until he was too ill to do so.”<br /><br /><strong>Located on the east wall near the northeast corner of the Second Floor.</strong>
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jpeg
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Identifier
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Untitled-by-Earl-Gessert.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Harry and Diana Hunter, 1989.
art collection
on display
paintings
second floor
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Title
A name given to the resource
Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
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27 x 14 in.
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Conspirators
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Goldfus, Helen, 1916-2012
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1961
Description
An account of the resource
Oil painting of two abstract standing figures in orange on black background.<br /><br />Helen Goldfus’ (1916-2012) paintings and etchings were exhibited in the Chicago area in the 1960s. She studied at the University of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Evanston Art Center, and the Oxbow Summer School of Painting. In 2009, the Charles Creek Vineyard in Sonoma, California, presented a retrospective exhibit of her work.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is on the east wall near the northeast corner of the Second Floor.</strong>
Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Harry and Diana Hunter, 1983.
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jpeg
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Conspirators-by-Goldfus.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Harry and Diana Hunter, 1983.
art collection
on display
paintings
second floor
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Title
A name given to the resource
Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Acrylic on canvas
Physical Dimensions
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48 x 132 in.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Jungle Library
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hall, Norris, 1953-
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1991
Description
An account of the resource
Whimsical painting depicting animals, trees, and books painted in bright, vibrant colors. Signed bottom left. <br /><br />On original plaque:
<blockquote>Norris Hall<br />Jungle Library<br />1991</blockquote>
The painting was purchased for Skokie Public Library’s 50th Anniversary with support from the Skokie Fine Arts Commission and Cole Taylor Bank.<br /><br />Norris Hall was born and educated in Tennessee. He lived briefly in Illinois and during that time was commissioned by the Library Board to paint "Jungle Library," which was the first artwork hung in the Youth Services Department in 1991 during National Library Week. Norris Hall's graphics also decorated the Library's previous Bookmobile.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is not currently on display.</strong>
Format
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jpeg
Rights
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Identifier
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Jungle-Library-by-Hall.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Purchased with support from Skokie Fine Arts Commission and Cole Taylor Bank, 1991.
art collection
not on display
paintings
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Title
A name given to the resource
Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Ink and watercolor on rice paper
Physical Dimensions
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21 1/2 x 30 in.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Silence (Winter Scenery)
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Hwang, Lydia
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1985
Description
An account of the resource
Landscape painting of brown and beige mountains with snowy drifts and watery blue sky. Artist's chop marks top right and bottom left.<br /><br />On original plaque:
<blockquote>Lydia Hwang<br />SILENCE (WINTER SCENERY)<br />Gift of<br />Friends of Mary Radmacher</blockquote>
Lydia Hwang (Pei-Quincita) studied the fundamentals of traditional Chinese brush painting for ten years under Professor Chen, Hong-Zen, a well-known artist of Chinese calligraphy, brush painting, sculpture, and woodblock painting. In 1975, Hwang immigrated to the United States where she continued her art career. She studied with professors Monica Liu, and Mr. Chi-An Yang. Hwang worked at Skokie Public Library for over twenty years.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is not currently on display.</strong>
Date Issued
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<strong>Located on first floor on the west wall of the Radmacher Meeting Room.</strong>
Format
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jpeg
Rights
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Identifier
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Silence-by-Lydia-Hwang.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift from Skokie Public Library Board of Trustees in memory of Mary Radmacher, 2008.
art collection
not on display
paintings
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Title
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Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
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18 x 24 in.
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Title
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Abstract
Creator
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Lau, Kwok Wai, 1930-2021
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1960
Description
An account of the resource
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."<br /><br />Originally from Hong Kong, Kwok Wai Lau (1930-2021) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the International Art School in Hong Kong. Through the 1960s, he taught at the Art Institute, the Hyde Park Art Center, and the North Shore Art League, later moving to and teaching in southern California.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is on display across from the elevators on the Second Floor.</strong>
Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1978.
Format
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jpeg
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Abstract-by-Kwok-Wai-Lau.jpg
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1978.
art collection
on display
paintings
second floor
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Title
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Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
40 x 30 in.
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Title
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Solitude
Creator
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Meyer-Bernstein, Gerda, 1924-
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1959
Description
An account of the resource
Painting of an amorphous head and body in ochre on the left edge on an off-white background. Signed bottom right "G. Bernstein".<br /><br />As a child, <a href="http://illinoiswomenartists.org/author/gerda-bernstein/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gerda Meyer Bernstein</a> was a member of the Kindertransport, sent from Germany to England in 1938. Much of her work explores the difficult realities and suffering of victims of the Holocaust, but also “addresses healing, hope, and continuity.” She was one of the founders of ARC Gallery in Chicago and is represented by Fassbender Fine Art.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is not currently on display.</strong>
Format
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jpeg
Rights
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Solitude-Gerda-M-Bernstein.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Harry and Diana Hunter, 1980.
art collection
not on display
paintings
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Title
A name given to the resource
Skokie Public Library Permanent Art Collection
Description
An account of the resource
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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />This digital collection provides you with a virtual tour of the items in our collection.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
The actual physical size of the original image
27 x 35 1/2 in.
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Title
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I Touched But Could Not See, I Looked But Could Not Hear
Creator
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Milam, John J. 1932-1990
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1962
Description
An account of the resource
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.<br /><br /><strong>This painting is located on the north wall in the Computer Commons on the Second Floor of the library.</strong>
Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1978.
Format
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jpeg
Rights
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Identifier
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I-Touched-by-Milam.jpg
Provenance
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Collection of Skokie Public Library. Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin, 1978.
art collection
on display
paintings
second floor