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 Type
1900 Cover of Puck Magazine 1900 Cover of Puck Magazine J. S. Pughe Print
Talbot's Library, Lacock Abbey, May 1988 Talbot's Library, Lacock Abbey, May 1988 Keith F. Davis Print
Gandy Dancer Gandy Dancer Ed Fraughton Sculpture
Commemorative Plate for then 9th & Locust Library Commemorative Plate for then 9th & Locust Library Irma Starr Sculpture
Power & Light Clock Power and Light Building Replica Clock Power and Light Building Engineering Staff Furniture
Lectum Lectum Unknown Furniture
19 c. Pedestal Table 19th century Pedestal Table Unknown Furniture
Abstract Tree Abstract Tree Clarence Erasmus Shepard Oil Painting
The Congress The Congress Unknown Poster
Union Station Fall at Union Station Bruce Mathews Photograph
The Toledo Museum of Art The Toledo Museum of Art Vivian L. Newlin Poster
The Whitney Museum of Art Edward Hicks Poster
Portrait of Bothwell Browne Portrait of Bothwell Browne Orval Hixon Photograph
Portrait of Bobbie Tremaine Portrait of Bobbie Tremaine Orval Hixon Photograph
Portrait of Louise Riley Portrait of Louise Riley Orval Hixon Photograph
Union Station's Holiday Express Union Station's Holiday Express Roy Inman Photograph
KC Union Station-Winter KC Union Station-Winter George Lightfoot Print
Westport Library Westport Library W. A. McBride Print
Bird's Eye View of Kansas City Bird's Eye View of Kansas City Albert Ruger Print
Portrait of Florence O'Denishawn Portrait of Florence O'Denishawn Orval Hixon Photograph

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