Energy
Abstract color wash with gray, yellow, purple, orange, and black. The square painting hung at a 90-degree angle. Noted on verso: "Zero One Two" and "1/1976".<br /><br />On original plaque:
<blockquote>Tuna<br />ENERGY<br />acrylic on canvas<br />Gift of the Family<br />in memory of Dr. Romuald Walczyk</blockquote>
The artist, John R. Sobeck, Jr. (1947-2001) painted under the name, “TUNA.” The Library owns another painting by Sobeck, “Petrified Journey One Thru Ten,” which is in the Petty Auditorium on the First Floor.<br /><br /><strong>This item is currently off display.</strong>
Sobeck, John R., 1947-2001
1976
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Please Let Me Live
Triptych painting dedicated to Jewish children killed in the Holocaust. Left panel depicts foreground of green grass with a dove surrounded by barbed wire with a smoky fire in background against a blue sky. Center panel depicts a child wearing green in the foreground surrounded by barbed wire and crumbling gray buildings in background. Left panel depicts remains of a gray building in the foreground with grass and flowers.<br /><br />Arturas Slapsys was born in Lithuania in 1962 and studied at Kaunas University of Technology. Since his move to the United States in 1996 his popularity has grown. The Lithuanian Postal Service has issued three postage stamps using his designs.<br /><br /><b>This item is currently not on display.</b>
Slapsys, Arturas, 1962-
2011
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Sculptress Kay Hoffman
Oil painting with overall blue, purple, and yellow geometric shapes in the constructivist style. Signed bottom right. <br /><br />On original plaque:
<blockquote>Carl Schwartz<br />SCULPTRESS-KAY HOFFMAN<br />Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin</blockquote>
Originally from Detroit, Carl E. Schwartz (1935-2014) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He taught figure drawing and painting at the North Shore Art League for nearly thirty years. He and Kay Hofmann [sic], a sculptor in Chicago, were married for a time. His work is in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections. The Library owns three other works by Schwartz, “<a title="Iron Mountain" href="https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/39">Iron Mountain, Michigan No.3</a>,” “<a title="The Village" href="https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/37">The Village: Carl Sandburg</a>,” and “<a title="Chess Game" href="https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/40">Chess Game</a>.”<br /><br /><strong>This item is currently not on display.<br /></strong>
Schwartz, Carl E., 1935-2014
1954
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The Village: Carl Sandburg
Abstract painting depicting tall buildings, houses, and trees in pink, blue and green. Undated.<br /><br />On original plaque:
<blockquote>Carl Schwartz<br />THE VILLAGE: CARL SANDBURG<br />Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin</blockquote>
“Sandburg Village” is a <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1114.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">neighborhood of apartment buildings on the north side of Chicago</a> built during the 1960s as part of an urban renewal project.<br /><br />Originally from Detroit, Carl E. Schwartz (1934-2014) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He taught figure drawing and painting at the North Shore Art League for nearly thirty years. His work is in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections. The Library owns three other works by Schwartz, “<a title="Iron Mountain" href="https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/39">Iron Mountain, Michigan No.3</a>,” “<a title="Sculptress Kay Hoffman" href="https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/38">Sculptress Kay Hoffman</a>,” and “<a title="Chess Game" href="https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/40">Chess Game</a>.”<br /><b><br /><strong>This item is currently not on display.</strong><br /></b>
Schwartz, Carl E., 1934-2014
circa 1970
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The Garden
Oil painting of a colorful flower garden with brown fence rail at the bottom left and brick path visible in the upper right. Undated.<br /><br />On original plaque:
<blockquote>Barbara Schlenker<br />THE GARDEN<br />Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fellin</blockquote>
During the 1960s and early 1970s, Barbara Schlenker’s (1915-1991) work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Design Center. She was also president of the North Shore Art League before moving to Michigan in the late 1970s.<br /><br /><strong>This item is currently not on display.</strong>
Schlenker, Barbara, 1915-1991
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Walled City
Abstract oil painting depicts houses and a church with domes and boats in the water in the foreground. <br /><br />Hilda Rubin Pierce was born in Vienna, Austria in 1923, but left for England in 1938, when Hitler took over Vienna. She later moved to Chicago and was described, in a 1958 <em>Chicago Tribune</em> article as a “young Chicago artist of great promise.” She exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and taught art. She later wrote a memoir entitled, <em>Hilda: a True Story of Terror, Tears, and Triumph</em>. <a href="https://youtu.be/-PZL7cC3wCw">Pierce's oral history </a>has been recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive online. <br /><br />The Library owns another painting by Rubin, “<a title="Chicago River" href="https://skokielibraryhistory.omeka.net/items/show/33">Chicago River</a>.” <br /><br /><strong>This item is currently not on display.</strong>
Rubin, Hilda
Pierce, Hilda
1960
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Primitive woman
Cast steel and bronze sculpture of a woman with a shield and spear. <br /><br />On plaque:
<blockquote>Presented To<br />The Skokie Library<br />By Skokie Art Guild<br />Primitive Woman<br />Sculptor--E. Corley<br />1967<br /><br /></blockquote>
The sculpture was given to the Skokie Public Library as a gift from the Skokie Art Guild at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the Illinois Sesquicentennial Celebration in December 1967. The sculpture was purchased by the Skokie Art Guild after it had won both the "Best of Show" award at the Skokie Art Festival and the Lincolnwood Art Fair. According to the artist, the sculpture "expresses the 'struggle and hunger of life through the early ages.'" (<i>Life</i>, November 23, 1967, p. 10)<br /><br /><strong>This item is currently not on display.</strong>
Corley, Emmett B., 1927-1994
1967
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