Art at the Library
Nearly 25 years ago, the Library Board of Trustees envisioned an art collection for Cumberland County citizens. Through private fundraising, the library’s collection has grown to 97 original pieces of work by North Carolina artists. In a written agreement signed in 1984, primary responsibility for the collection was transferred to the Friends of the Library. An Art Collection Acquisition Policy has been developed to guide the quality of future art work.
This online gallery is made possible by a grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County.
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Title: Windowstone
Creator: Horace L. Farlowe
Format: Sculpture, Georgia Marble
Date: 1986
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Title: Treasure House
Creator: Jim Gallucci
Format: Sculpture
Date: 1989
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Title: Veronica’s Veil
Creator: Herb Jackson
Format: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 1985
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Title: Love
Creator: Vivien Weller
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1983
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Title: Break Dancer
Creator: Vivien Weller
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1986
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Title: Flight
Creator: Nina Freifeld
Format: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 1983
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Title: Polo
Creator: Vivien Weller
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1986
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Title: Free Man in Paris
Creator: Nina Freifeld
Format: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 1992
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Title: Bird-Like Distractions
Creator: Thomas E. Link
Format: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 1982
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Title: Pottery
Creator: E. A. Poe Brick Yard
Format: Circa
Date: 1890
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Title: The Fayetteville Triptych
Creator: Bert Carpenter
Format: Oil on canvas
Date: 1986
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Title: The Fayetteville Triptych
Creator: Bert Carpenter
Format: Oil on canvas
Date: 1986
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Title: The Fayetteville Triptych
Creator: Bert Carpenter
Format: Oil on canvas
Date: 1986
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Title: Still Further Quests
Creator: Nancy Tuttle May
Format: Watercolor/collage
Date: 1986
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Title: Floating each how…
Creator: Nancy Tuttle May
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1986
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Title: Mill Dam
Creator: Charles Catton, Jr.
Format: Photograph of a watercolor
Date: 1805
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Title: The Chapel
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The Old Market
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Davis House Tavern
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Orton Plantation House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: St. Mary’s School for Girls
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Tryon’s Palace
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Grand-father Mountain
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Playmaker’s Theater
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Biltmore House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Wright Brothers Memorial
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Allegory
Creator: Elizabeth Darrow
Format: Oil on canvas
Date: 1985
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Title: Once Upon a Time
Creator: Elizabeth Darrow
Format: Oil on canvas
Date: 1986
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Title: Pow Wow Mesa
Creator: Norbert Irvine
Format: Silkscreen
Date: 1977
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Title: Sunset Monument Valley
Creator: Norbert Irvine
Format: Silkscreen
Date: 1977
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Title: Kumquat
Creator: Norbert Irvine
Format: Silkscreen
Date: 1977
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Title: Song II
Creator: Ruth Blackwell Rogers
Format: Acrylic on canvas
Date: 1983
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Title: The Power of Reckoning
Creator: Vandorn Hinnant
Format: Acrylic and prisma colored
Date: 1992
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Title: In Search of Kokomis
Creator: Janet Parks
Format: Handmade paper collage
Date: 1986
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Title: Out from Keewaydin
Creator: Janet Parks
Format: Handmade paper collage
Date: 1986
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Title: Blue Moss
Creator: Claude Howell
Format: Oil on canvas
Date: 1960
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Title: Dogwood in the Woods
Creator: Jo Anne Rose
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1985
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Title: Diving
Creator: Fred Good
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1987
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Title: Coast Guard Outpost
Creator: Ruth Ogle
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1988
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Title: Tiahuanaco Tapestry
Creator: Silvania Foti-Soublet
Format: Collage
Date: 1988
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Title: The Five Carp
Creator: Silvania Foti-Soublet
Format: Collage
Date: 1988
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Title: Three on a Hobie
Creator: Ann Respess
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1988
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Title: Lake Waccamaw
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1971
Location: Cliffdale -
Title: Untitled
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: Unknown
Location: Cliffdale -
Title: Southern Pines
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1990
Location: Cliffdale -
Title: Wanchese, NC
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1982
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Title: Charleston Window
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: Unknown
Location: Cliffdale -
Title: Tower Steps
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1990
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Title: Lock & Chain
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1970
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Title: Cedar, Bald Head Island
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1990
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Title: Summer
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1982
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Title: Grapevine & Plaster
Creator: Dr. David E. Drake
Format: Photograph
Date: 1973
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Title: What a Day
Creator: Vivien Weller
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1986
Location: East Regional -
Title: Basket!
Creator: Vivien Weller
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1986
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Title: Ballet Secrets
Creator: Vivien Weller
Format: Watercolor
Date: 1986
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Title: Celestial Passages
Creator: Tim Grubb
Format: Mixed Media
Date: 1997
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Title: Celestial Passages
Creator: Tim Grubb
Format: Mixed Media
Date: 1997
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Title: Hope Mills Gazebo
Creator: Tom Moore
Format: Oil
Date: 1989
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Title: Beth
Creator: Olivia Riley Ollis
Format: Graphite/watercolor
Date: 1996
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Title: The Hayes
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: General Lillington’s House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Glebe House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The Halifax House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The Cupola House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Davidson Courthouse
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Fort Macon
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Chowan Courthouse
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Burgwin-Wright-Cornwallis
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Louisanna House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Masonic Temple
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Old East and The Old Well
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: St. Augustine College
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Eumenean Literary Society
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The Blades Houses
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Salem Academy
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: New Bern Academy
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Waite Hall
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: David Harvey Hill Library
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Leigh House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Andrew Johnston
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The Belo House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Bellamy House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Menhaden Fleet
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Orton Plantation
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Negro Servants’ Cabin
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Moravian Church
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The Cloister
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: St. Thomas Church
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: St. Paul’s Church
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: St. John-in-the-Wilderness
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Presbyterian Church
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: State Capitol
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: First NC State Capitol
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The West Portal
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Orange County Courthouse
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: The Rock House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Community House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: Stanley House
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: U.S. Mint
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
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Title: City Hall and Auditorium
Creator: Louis Orr
Format: Etchings
Date: 1939-1950
Location: Headquarters