Art Bank - Central Library (Alphabetical)
The Art Bank, founded in 1972, was established to acquire and rent out works of art by contemporary Canadian artists to enable Canadians to see and enjoy contemporary Canadian art. With some 18,000 paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures by over 2500 artists, The Canada Council Art Bank is home to the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art. All are available for rent by corporations, institutions, government departments and agencies at affordable rates.
The Central Library of the Vancouver Public Library houses approximately 79 pieces of contemporary art by over 38 Canadian artists. "The Library collection of Art bank works is one of the finest modern Canadian art collections in Vancouver, in British Columbia, and maybe even in Western Canada. It's a little known treasure of our community." - Kristin Krimmel, Asset Manager - Public Works & Government Services Canada.
A - D | E - H | I - L | M - P | Q - T | U - Z
See also our list by location/level.
A - D
Merle G. Andersen, 1935 -
Woven Red Cedar & Yellow Cedar Hat Box, 2005
woven basket (fibre)
ABBA 06/7-0015
Level 4
Roy Arden, 1957 -
Ochre Boarding House, Vancouver, BC 1997
colour photograph
ABBA 03/4-0092
Level 7 (Staff Area)
Goota Ashoona, 1967 -
Images of my Family, 2003
cotton & wool
ABBA 03/4-0118
Level 7
Chris Birt, 1945 -
Light Colour Field Yellow, 1973
gouache on paper
ABBA 73/4-0106
Level 7
Chris Birt, 1945 -
Light Colour Field Green, 1973
gouache on paper
ABBA 73/4-0109
Level 7
Chris Birt, 1945 -
Dark Colour Field Green, 1973
gouache on paper
ABBA 73/4-0110
Level 7
Michel Boulanger, 1959 -
Nature genereuse, 1999
oil on canvas
ABBA 02/3-0031
Level 7 (staff area)
Linda Brine, 1955 -
Catherine, 2001
woven paper textile
ABBA 02/3-0079
Level 4
Moira J. Clark, 1950 -
The Garden Faces West, 1984
etching & aquatint
ABBA 87/8-0046
Level 5
Rigmor U.T. Clarke, 1935 -
Birch Trees in Pines, 1987
oil on canvas
ABBA 90/1-0248
Level 4
Rigmor U.T. Clarke, 1935 -
Gem Lake Forest, 1986
oil on canvas
ABBA 90/1-0249
Level 4
Lynn Donoghue, 1953-2003
Red, 1980
watercolour on paper
ABBA 84/5-0069
Level 7 (staff area)
Lynn Donoghue, 1953-2003
Reynald, 1981
watercolour on paper
ABBA 84/5-0071
Level 7 (staff area)
Lynn Donoghue, 1953-2003
School Mirror, 1981
watercolour on paper
ABBA 84/5-0070
Level 7 (staff area)
Lynn Donoghue, 1953-2003
Sally, 1981
watercolour on paper
ABBA 84/5-0072
Level 7 (staff area)
E - H
Joe H.Y. Fafard, 1942 -
Moon's Eye, 1985
etching
ABBA 86/7-0399
Children’s Library
Joe H.Y. Fafard, 1942 -
Noah's fear, 1986
etching
ABBA 87/8-0438
Level 6
David Hall, 1959 -
Garden, 1997
oil on canvas
ABBA 02/3-0006
Level 7 (staff area)
Sin-Ying Ho, 1963
Fractured Unity, 2008
ceramic sculpture
ABBA 09/10-0052
Level 3
I - L
Marcel Jean, 1937 -
Sculpture No. 2438, 1971-72
acrylic on wood sculpture
ABBA 72/3-1857
(Lower Level Moat)
Reimi Kobayashi, 1951 -
Wet Sand, 1973
silkscreen
ABBA 73/4-1806
Level 5
Reimi Kobayashi, 1951 -
Winter Clouds, 1973
silkscreen
ABBA 73/4-1807
Level 2
Will Kwan, 1978 -
Endless Prosperity, Eternal Accumulation, 2009
colour digital photographs
ABBA 09-10-0091, 09/10-0093, 09/10-0099, 09/10-0100
09/10-0101, 09/10-0108, 09/10-0114, 09/10-0117
09/10-0120, 09/10-0126, 09/10-0130, 09/10-0131
09/10-0134, 09/10-0138, 09/10-0143, & 09/10-0144
Level 6
Elizabeth Leszczynski, 1950 -
Untitled (North Ontario Series), 1991
monotype pastel & ink
ABBA 91/2-0430
Level 5 (staff area)
Marilyn Levine, 1935-2005
Satchel, 1972
ceramic sculpture
ABBA 72/3-2203
Level 5
M - P
Paulo Majano, 1966 -
Tankers, Burrard Inlet, November 10, 2007
colour photograph
ABBA 02/3-0050
Level 7 (staff area)
Sarah Maloney, 1965 -
Botanical Study: Two Figures, 2006
embroidered cotton on cotton<
ABBA 10/1-0056
Level 7
John Marok, 1960 -
Man with a Ball,1988
oil on paper
ABBA 90/1-0157
Level 7
Guido Molinari, 1933-2004
Untitled, 1969
Silkscreen
ABBA 75/6-0990
Level 7
Guido Molinari, 1933-2004
Untitled, 1969
Silkscreen
ABBA 75/6-0991
Level 7
Guido Molinari, 1933-2004
Untitled, 1969
Silkscreen
ABBA 75/6-0996
Level 7
Aude Moreau, 1969 -
Le fil d'Ariane (document), 2006
digital photograph
ABBA 10/1-0039
Level 7 (staff area)
Toni Onley, 1928-2004
Two Columns, 1973
acrylic on birch panel
ABBA 73/4-1735
Level 7
Suzanne Pasquin, 1935 -
Untitled, 1974
charcoal on paper
ABBA 74/5-0352
Level 3
Suzanne Pasquin, 1935 -
Untitled, 1974
charcoal on paper
ABBA 74/5-0351
Level 5 (staff area)
Edward Pien, 1958 -
From Thin Air, 2009
ink on acid free paper
ABBA 09/10-0030
Level 5
Tim Porter, 1946 -
Untitled, 1977
black & white photographs
ABBA 79/80-0038; 79/80-0039; 79/80-0040; 79/80-0041
Level 7 (staff area)
Q - T
Reinhard Reitzenstein, 1949 -
Panoptic: Transformer, 2001
colour photograph
ABBA 02/3-0043
Level 7
William Brent Ritchie, 1954 -
Transformations, 1990
Lithograph
ABBA 92/3-0245
Level 7 (computer training lab)
Gar Smith, 1946 -
Selections from Avenir, 1971-74
black & white photographs
ABBA 75/6-0004; 75/6-0007; 75/6-0008
Level 6
Jim Stewart, 1949 -
November 12, 1976
oil on canvas
ABBA 77/8-0217
Level 7 (Board Breakout meeting room)
Pierre-Leon Tetreault, 1947 -
O cette demeure en ce pays du soleil levant, 1974
silkscreen
ABBA 75/6-0626
Level 2
Pierre-Leon Tetreault, 1947 -
La ou est ton tresor la aussi sera ton cœur, 1974
silkscreen
ABBA 75/6-0627
Level 2
Pierre-Leon Tetreault, 1947 -
Folie amoureause du signe, 1979
gouache on paper
ABBA 81/2-0179
Level 4
Pierre-Leon Tetreault, 1947 -
Chien de Nuit, 1983
acrylic & oil stick
ABBA 84/5-0344
Level 5
Pierre-Leon Tetreault, 1947 -
Ecriture d-origine pour rituel cosmique, 1980
woodcut on paper
ABBA 82/3-0534
Level 7
Pierre-Leon Tetreault, 1947 -
En hommage au majestueux peuple Inuit, 1980
woodcut on paper
ABBA 82/3-0537
Level 7
Jeffrey M. Thomas, 1957 -
Highway 17 Wampum Belt, Arnprio, Ontario, 2007
colour photographs
ABBA 10/1-0004
Level 7
Henry Tsang, 1964 -
Napa North, 2008
color photographs
ABBA 10/1-0032
Level 5
Howie Tsui, 1978 -
Mindbuggery, 2006
ink acrylic & archival digital print on mylar
ABBA 08/9-0050
Moat
Howie Tsui, 1978 -
Bipolar, 2006
ink, acrylic, collage on mylar
ABBA 09/10-0044
Moat
U - Z
Collette Urban, 1957 -
The World is Flat - Map 1, 1988
acrylic, ink etc on paper
ABBA 89/90-0204
Level 5
Collette Urban, 1957 -
The World is Flat - Map 2, 1988
acrylic, ink etc on paper
ABBA 89/90-0205Level 5
Collette Urban, 1957 -
The World is Flat - Map 3, 1988
acrylic, ink etc on paper
ABBA 89/90-0206
Level 5
David B. Williams, 1954 -
Untitled Landscape #9, 1990
cibachrome photograph
ABBA 90/1-0152
Level 2
David B. Williams, 1954 -
from Hesitation part III, 1989-90
cibachrome photograph
ABBA 90/1-0553
Level 2
David B. Williams, 1954 -
Untitled Landscape, 1991
cibachrome photograph
ABBA 92/3-0874
Level 2
Alex Wyse, 1938 -
The Navy's Finest, 1972
wood & metal sculpture
ABBA 72/3-1887
Children's Library
Gu Xiong, 1953 -
Forbidden City Starbucks,2001
colour photograph
ABBA 03/4-0122
Level 3
