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Notice: Due to ongoing construction, 4 East is currently closed to the public.  To obtain items located on 4 East, please place an online request for the item to be paged for you using the ‘Place Request’ button in the catalog. Please visit our Circulation FAQ page for assistance in using our catalog.

Inventory of Art in the Libraries

Title Sort descending Image of Art Piece Artist Name Art Creation Year Art Information Art Type Art Classification Art Location Donor Name Art Donation Year
America's First Agricultural College 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 1st Floor Center
Artifacts Sculpture of silver and rustic tiles 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 1st Floor West
Autumn Plains II A depiction of the sunrise with white plains depicted as white graphical squares. Robert Waterman c.1970s

Linocut-intaglio print

Print/Lithograph Donated Not Currently Available for Public Viewing Stephen Wilensky and Mark Ritzenhein
Base Hit Painting of baseball game showing pitcher, catcher, and batter. Eric B. Weston 2007

Located inside the Turfgrass Information Center (Main Library, 3West).

Painting Unknown On Display at the MSU Main Library 3rd Floor West Eric B. Weston
Caves of Icthy 1 Image using dark colors, splotches of light blue. Ink painting on dark-gessoed canvas experimenting with luminescence. Emily Langenberg 2011

Oil on canvas
1 East
Winner, 2011-2012 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition

An artwork in three pieces:

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Painting Art Contest Winner On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor East
Caves of Icthy 2 Oil on black canvas image using tones of blue, green, purple and white. Emily Langenberg 2011

Oil on canvas
Winner, 2011-2012 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition

An artwork in three pieces:

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Painting Art Contest Winner On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor East
Caves of Icthy 3 Oil on black canvas image using tones of blue, yellow, red, and white. Emily Langenberg 2011

Oil on canvas
Winner, 2011-2012 Irene B. Arens Student Art Competition

An artwork in three pieces:

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Painting Art Contest Winner On Display at the MSU Main Library 1st Floor East
Clang Tone Metal sculpture of a tuning fork James Cunningham 2013

Located in west stairwell on 2nd floor west, Main Library

Sculpture Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 2nd Floor West Stephen Wilensky, in memory of Mark Ritzenhein
Dark Shadows Women in bed holding a baby surrounded by two soldiers holding guns and creatures with multiple eyes and tentacles 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 1st Floor East
Feminidad swirls of pastel colors of acrylic paint on canvas Marty Quiroz 1985 Painting Donated On Display at the MSU Main Library 4th Floor West Karen R. McDowell