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Title Sort descending	Artist Name	Art Creation Year	Art Information	Art Type	Art Classification	Art Location	Donor Name
America's First Agricultural College	Henry Bernstein	1938	Mural commissioned by the Federal Arts Project of the WPA for the East Lansing (Michigan) Post Office, on Loan from the United States Post Office 1st Floor (Special Collections)	Painting	On Loan	On Display at the MSU Main Library 1^st Floor Center
Artifacts	Glen Michaels	1979, reworked in 2010	Mixed media 1 West (Faculty Book Collection alcove)	Mixed Media	On Loan	On Display at the MSU Main Library 1^st Floor West
Autumn Plains II	Robert Waterman	c.1970s	Linocut-intaglio print	Print/Lithograph	Donated	Not Currently Available for Public Viewing	Stephen Wilensky and Mark Ritzenhein
Base Hit	Eric B. Weston	2007	Located inside the Turfgrass Information Center (Main Library, 3West).	Painting	Unknown	On Display at the MSU Main Library 3^rd Floor West	Eric B. Weston
Caves of Icthy 1	Emily Langenberg	2011	Oil on canvas 1 East Winner, 2011-2012 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition An artwork in three pieces: … -- more --	Painting	Art Contest Winner	On Display at the MSU Main Library 1^st Floor East
Caves of Icthy 2	Emily Langenberg	2011	Oil on canvas Winner, 2011-2012 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition An artwork in three pieces: … -- more --	Painting	Art Contest Winner	On Display at the MSU Main Library 1^st Floor East
Caves of Icthy 3	Emily Langenberg	2011	Oil on canvas Winner, 2011-2012 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition An artwork in three pieces: … -- more --	Painting	Art Contest Winner	On Display at the MSU Main Library 1^st Floor East
Clang Tone	James Cunningham	2013	Located in west stairwell on 2nd floor west, Main Library	Sculpture	Donated	On Display at the MSU Main Library 2^nd Floor West	Stephen Wilensky, in memory of Mark Ritzenhein
Dark Shadows	Bruce Stepan	2013	Oil on Canvas Winner, 2013-2014 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition	Painting	Art Contest Winner	On Display at the MSU Main Library 1^st Floor East
Feminidad	Marty Quiroz	1985		Painting	Donated	On Display at the MSU Main Library 4^th Floor West	Karen R. McDowell