Charles William Bartlett (1860-1940) Mormon Temple, Lāʻie, Oʻahu 20 1/2 x 30 1/2 ...

Charles William Bartlett (1860-1940) Mormon Temple, Lāʻie, Oʻahu signed 'Charles W. Bartlett' (lower left) and titled (on the reverse) gouache, watercolor, ink and pastel on paper 20 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (52.1 x 77.5 cm) Painted circa 1919. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, Maryland. While The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints first sent missionaries to Hawaiʻi in December of 1850, it would be roughly 70 years until a Temple was erected on the Pacific islands. Dedicated in 1919, Lāʻie Hawaiʻi Temple is the fifth oldest Mormon Temple and the first to be built outside the continental United States. Once the site of a sugar cane plantation, the Temple sits on an 11-acre plot of land in the Northeast shore of Oʻahu surrounded by tropical gardens with hibiscus and plumeria amongst other Hawaiian flora. Architects Hyrum Pope and Harold W. Burton designed the building with a flat roof to resemble Solomon's Temple and it notably does not feature a spire. The concrete exterior is made of crushed lava rock and coral and is reinforced with steel. After its completion, the Temple attracted two main groups of people: Polynesian converts and tourists drawn to the architectural landmark on the remote side of the island. The present lot not only offers viewers insights into what the Temple looked like before its 1978 and 2010 expansions but a visual history of early Mormonism outside Utah. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing