Art and Other Treasures

Several Library locations showcase artwork that has been loaned, donated or collected over the years. Many of these pieces can be viewed in public areas. The entire collection of art and other treasures is currently being inventoried, cataloged, and posted on this site.

For more info please email us at art@kclibrary.org

Image Title Artist Object Typesort ascending
Black Hole Black Hole Gabriella Polony Mountain Sculpture
Abstract Mother and Child Abstract Mother and Child Gabriella Polony Mountain Sculpture
Don't Drop Me Don't Drop Me Dominic Benhura Sculpture
Man Playing Harp Man Playing Harp Gabriella Polony Mountain Sculpture
Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark Expedition Eugene L. Daub Sculpture
Handblown Sculpture in Blue Hand Blown Sculpture in Blue Unknown Sculpture
Child on Rocking Horse Child on Rocking Horse Joan Wobst Sculpture
St. Peter's Dome Replica St. Peter's Dome Replica Unknown Sculpture
Terracotta Head Terracotta Head Gabriella Polony Mountain Sculpture
Good as Gold Good as Gold Donald Lipski Sculpture
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Babe Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Burmese Ceremonial Vase Burmese Ceremonial Vessel Unknown Sculpture
Mother Lifting Child Mother Lifting Child Gabriella Polony Mountain Sculpture
Wizard of Oz Jar Wizard of Oz Jar Irma Starr Sculpture
Abstract Sculpture Two Abstract Sculpture Two Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Spirit of Industry Spirit of Industry Harold 'Tuck' Langland Sculpture
American Architect and Building News Office Building for Nathaniel Thayer, Esq. American Architect & Building News-Aug. 21, 1886-Office Building for Nathaniel Thayer, Esq. W.M. Kenyon Print
Cenotaphe de Newton Cenotaphe de Newton Etienne-Louis Boullee Print
Enlarged Grant Wood Stone City Iowa Enlarged Grant Wood Stone City Iowa Grant Wood Print
Architectural Icons of Kansas City (Blue) Architectural Icons of Kansas City (Blue) Bob Holloway Print

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