Original Art in Memorial Hall Library

see also:

• The Role of Art in the Public Library
• Richard Graber celebration
• Polar Bear Sculpture
• Art Exhibits

Click the thumbnail pictures below for a larger picture.

Name of Piece	Material	Artist	Location
compiled February 2007
Outdoors
"Rational Dance and Anarchy of Real Miracles" Installed October 1987	Galvanized steel	David Raymond	Back entrance
"Birdwatchers", 1989 In 1999 a storm toppled and broke two of the 3 sculptures. Only the female is still standing.	Ceramic	Hilda Steckel	Main floor terrace
"The Book", 1966 Commissioned by Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Frishman This piece rusted and was removed.	Bronze	Gerald Shertzer	Had been on Essex Street
Lower Level
Beaver	Bronze	Georgia Garber	Floor near Children's Customer Service Desk
Antique Italian Clock "Banjo Clock" c. 1870's	Marble and Pine		Children's Room Essex Street wall
Cat's Cradle	Wood	David C. Roy	Children's Room Essex Street wall
"Big Boy", Largest steam Locomotive In memory of John Bishop, 1975			Children's Room On book case/Essex Street Wall
Vanessa	Collage	William Accorsi	Behind Children's Room Desk
"America", by Samuel Francis Smith In the composer's handwriting (framed)			Children's Room office
"First Try"	Print of horses	C.W. Anderson	Children's Room office
"Winnie the Pooh" quilt	Fabric	Dr. Martha Lindsay	In storage
"Lion Light"	Acrylic	Corey Tevan	Activity Room
First Issue Happy Birthday Stamp			Activity Room
"Over Andover", 1988	Acrylic mural	Mark Steele	Near elevator
Aerial Sculptures
"The Airplane"	Wood	William Accorsi	Children's Room ceiling
"Hot Air Balloon" In memory of Daniel Kichorowsky		William Accorsi	Children's Room ceiling
"Family Outing" In memory of Colin Price, 1996	Wood	William Accorsi	Children's Room ceiling
Stairway (lower level to Main Floor)
"Freesia" (a quilt)	Fabric	Ruth McDowell
"Out on a Limb" (a quilt)	Fabric	Ruth McDowell
Main Floor
"Samuel Whiskers" Original sketch		Beatrix Potter	Andover Room
"Centerpoint", clay faces 1989	Clay	Phyllis Baker Hammond	Reference Room near Andover Room
"The Seekers"		Richard Rosenblum	Between periodicals & reading area chairs
"Dancing Man" Painted clown sculpture	Wood	Patricia Keck	Near fireplace
"George Washington at Monmouth", c. 1825	Oil	Attributed to George Lange	Over fireplace
Library with Mansard roof			To the right of the fireplace
"John Smith" Andover mill owner and library benefactor Damaged by vandalism (umbrella) May 19, 1997.	Oil	Edgar Parker	Reading Room north wall
"Peter Smith"	Oil		Reading Room south wall
"Abraham Lincoln" 1860	Chalk — copy Original in Memorial Hall	Charles Berry	Above the Customer Service Desk to the right of the Mezzanine. This is a copy of the original found in the Hall.
"Gargoyle"	Wood	Patricia Keck	Over the Information Desk
"The Hill, the Mill and the Till" Commemorates Andover's 350th Anniversary	Fabric	Local quilters	Large wall on west side of the building
Horse and Bear	Painting	Shane Crabtree	Across from Reference Desk
Horse	Painting	Shane Crabtree	West wall of Reference Area
Elm Square Stairway to the Second Floor
34 Civil War Prints	Black & white etchings	E. Forbes
Stairway from Main Floor to Second Floor
Large old photographs of Andover 1. Main Street looking north 2. Main Street looking south
Mansion House on Andover Hill	Photograph
After Cezanne: Still Life with Flowered Pitcher", 1998 (Barnes Collection)	Gesso on wood, graphite with wax	David Sullivan
"Map of the Town of Andover", 1852 In memory of Lev and Carola Goriansky, 1991
Second Floor
A portrait of a room	Oil	Catherine Nolan	November Club Room
November Club in 1891	Watercolor	Cory Staid	November Club Room
"View of Rabbit's Pond", 1934	Oil	Harold Coon (1890 –1977)	2nd Floor Hanging Exhibit Area
"Ballardvale"	Oil	Harold Coon (1890 –1977)	2nd Floor Hanging Exhibit Area
Samaritan House on School Street	Oil	Harold Coon (1890 –1977)	2nd Floor Hanging Exhibit Area
Benjamin Abbot Homestead on Central Street	Oil	Harold Coon (1890 –1977)	2nd Floor Hanging Exhibit Area
Rose Cottage	Watercolor	Harold Coon (1890 –1977)	2nd Floor Hanging Exhibit Area
Benjamin Abbot homestead. Built about 1685.	Watercolor	Harold Coon (1890 –1977)	2nd Floor Hanging Exhibit Area
[no name found]	Watercolor	Harold Coon (1890 –1977)	2nd Floor Hanging Exhibit Area
Jonathon Swift house doorway Central Street	Watercolor	Jane Trumbore	Administrative Office
Chinese Poem	Calligraphy	Professor Shen Yi-Cheng	Conference Room
Man with a Bow Sculpture		Frederick Seifer	Outside Administrative Office
Plaques — Memorial to Civil War dead and other veterans			Memorial Hall
"Walter L. Raymond" Civil War youth	Portrait		Memorial Hall
Portrait of Grant	Black & white		Memorial Hall
Declaration of anti-slavery convention			Memorial Hall
Logan's Memorial Day Order	Bronze plaque		Memorial Hall
Grand old Army 38 Star Banner Incorporation of William F. Bartlett Post 99, 4/18/1881	Conserved in 2002
Slavery Banners 1. Male Slave in chains 2. Slave woman and child	Acrylic	Sue Dennett, Norma Gammon, Karen Herman	Memorial Hall — east wall
Battle of Gettysburg	Colored		Trustees Room
Battle of Gettysburg	Numbered drawing		Below original in Trustees room
Gettysburg Battlefield	Print		Trustees Room
Major Horace Holt - 1865	Portrait		Trustees Room
E. Kendall Jenkins — 1925	Portrait		Trustees Room
Civil War Memorabilia
2 Swords and holders	In a case		Memorial Hall
1 Gun	In a case		Memorial Hall