Decorate my new office, library style

November 29, 2006 9:10 AM

Help me decorate a hospital librarian's office.

I have a new office. I need to find artwork to hang on my bare walls. I want the artwork to be attractive and library related. I want you to point me to library related artwork that I can purchase prints of and have them framed.
I have room for 3-5 fairly small pieces. (nothing larger than 24 inches on a side.) It's a medical library if that makes any difference. Hope me, mefi!

posted by cosmicbandito to Shopping (9 answers total)

How about a portrait of A.C. Weisbecker?
posted by TedW at 9:28 AM on November 29, 2006

I know it's anathema to destroy books, but I've long felt that some neatly matted and framed pages from The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World would make lovely office decoration.
posted by box at 9:38 AM on November 29, 2006

Or, if you're committed to 'library-style,' you could just get a bunch of READ posters.
posted by box at 9:38 AM on November 29, 2006

The ALA store also sells other kinds of posters. I have a few with comic book characters on them.

Another option? You could print and frame some photographs of libraries on Flickr.
posted by rikhei at 11:33 AM on November 29, 2006

Seconding box's idea, there is a calendar similar to that book which I would personally feel less angst at cutting up.
posted by timepiece at 12:31 PM on November 29, 2006

Well you could definately get a She Blinded Me With Library Science shirt at Questionable Content and you could probably get permission from the artist to do or buy a print of it as well.
posted by slavlin at 12:34 PM on November 29, 2006

Ooohh, how about these entertaining skeletons? (another calendar)

Or x-rayed flowers (hey, x-rays = medical, right?)

Yes, I am having fun, why do you ask?
posted by timepiece at 12:56 PM on November 29, 2006

I had to ask my own question to find this but I think it would be perfect. The ones I saw originally were just hung, cover side flat against the wall, instead of displayed all the way around and standing.
Folded Page Art (link via marky, thanks marky)
posted by BoscosMom at 1:04 PM on November 30, 2006

Some of these might fit the bill quite nicely.
posted by theperfectcrime at 6:11 PM on November 30, 2006