“Bookshelves” is a celebration of the beauty, richness, and variety traditionally found on bookshelves—globes, decoys, busts, violins, and other treasured objects—like those welcoming visitors at the entrance to the Claremont Library. Shelves of books are concentrated storehouses of human expression.

Even within a small space, a bookshelf can contain an extraordinary range of writing that reflects the depth and breadth of human experience. “Bookshelves” is both a tribute to libraries and a celebration of the enduring joy of reading books.