Library Art Collection

Abstract acrylic painting with white swirls and shapes of orange, blue, and yellow. Signed bottom right. Undated

Created in 2024, this piece incorporates painted, dyed tea bags arranged in a rectangular grid, with the bottom three rows overlapping, mounted on canvas.

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."

Created in 2024, this large-scale, colorful, abstract, multimedia work on unstretched canvas combines collage, textured paint, drawing, and painting.

Painted in 1959, this early work of world-renowned artist LeRoy Neiman depicts horses in different positions on a carousel painted with broad brush strokes in many colors.

Painting of the Chicago River with a bridge in the foreground and buildings in the background. Undated.

Painting of gray houses with colorful shirts and linens on a clothesline alongside a dirt path. Signed bottom right.

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.

Oil painting depicts the house owned by Henry Harms, the founder of Skokie in 1854. The 1869 farmhouse, built of hand-made brick, is shown with a porch and tall trees covered with colorful autumn leaves.

Abstract acrylic painting in red, turquoise, blue, orange, black, and brown with rectangular shapes in the center.

Created in 2025, this piece consists of a rectangular canvas made from layered jacquard woven cloth with hand and machine stitching, couching, roving yarn, embroidery, and reflective foil depicting foliage and flowers in a range of naturalistic colors punctuated by machine-stitched outlines in vi

An abstract, brightly colored acrylic painting on canvas, with mostly horizontal, thick and thin, opaque and translucent, reflective and matte brush strokes, with the color blue dominating.

Abstract acrylic painting in gray and white in the upper portion in a wave effect. Red, orange, and blue wavy pattern in the lower left. Signed on the bottom right, “Tuna 1 May 1977.”

Cast steel and bronze sculpture of a woman with a shield and spear.

On plaque:

Presented To
The Skokie Library
By Skokie Art Guild
Primitive Woman
Sculptor--E. Corley
1967

Arched, abstract, three-legged sculpture with curved, angled, pointed top. Bronze with green patina on a custom marble base.

On original plaque:
 

Created in 2025, this piece consists of a rectangular canvas made from layered jacquard woven cloth with hand and machine stitching, embroidery, and reflective foil depicting flowers (primarily in the Aster family) and foliage in a range of naturalistic colors.

Hand-embellished print of a large orange and yellow flower on the top left with a semi-nude figure at the center. Signed top right, "Max".

Created in 2022, this mixed-media glitter painting on sparkled fabric depicts a group of five brown-toned people in formal dress, with their featureless faces directed toward the viewer in what appears to be a multigenerational family portrait.

Oil painting in blues and yellows of a still life with bottles and fruit. Signed on the top left.

Sculpture of a continuous curved piece of polished and burnished stainless steel with a double loop effect reminiscent of swimming swans. The piece was commissioned specifically for placement in the Water Court on the Library’s First Floor.

Black and white image made in the style of a stone rubbing. Depicts a dancing figure, probably an apsara—a dancing cloud and water spirit in Buddhist and Hindu mythology—from Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Undated.

Needlepoint tapestry depicting a herd of giraffes with mountains and sky in the background. Velvet stitch is used for three of the giraffe tails and one of the giraffe manes.

Located in the Nursing Room in Youth Services on the First Floor.

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;

Abstract wall sculpture made from welded bronze, copper, and steel gasket forms.

On original plaque:

Ted Gall
View from McCormick
Gift of
Federal-Mogul Corporation
2010

Wool wall hanging is composed of bright pinks and reds with pale orange, olive green, and yellow. Overall amorphous shapes with one large circle in the top center. Long fringe at the bottom. Hung from a carved walnut wood dowel.

Abstract painting in green, magenta, gray, and ochre. Signed bottom right, "H. Mintz".

UV print on canvas of a sunflower in a blue bottle. Margaret de Soleil's work was exhibited at the library September 7-October 24, 2022. The artist is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, studied at The Maine College of Art and The New York Studio School.