The Seiners, (sculpture).

The Seiners, (sculpture).

Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor.

The Seiners, (sculpture).

1926. Relocated 1969.

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46 x 85 x 3 in.

Relief depicting four Hawaiian men pulling a fishing net through the ocean waves. The men are dressed in traditional "Malo," the Hawaiian word for loin cloth.

Figure group -- Male

Ethnic -- Hawaiian

Dress -- Ethnic -- Hawaiian Dress

Landscape -- Hawaii

Landscape -- Coast

Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing

Bank of Hawaii, 111 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Formerly located Bank of Hawaii, Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 1921-1969.

This relief was comissioned in 1926 with the buildling of the Bank of Hawaii's first main branch on Bishop Street at the corner of King Sreet. The building's architect was Bertram G. Goodhue and Associates which had a long relationship with the artist Lee Oskar Lawrie. The relief is one of two by Lawrie that were installed on the exterior between the upper and lower sections of the windows along the King Street side of the first main branch bank building. In 1969, the reliefs were relocated and brought indoors with the building of the new main branch and tower building at 111 South King Street. IAS files contain illustrations of the first main branch on Bishop Street showing the location of the reliefs on the exterior of the building. Included among the illustrations is a painted mural in the current bank branch showing the historic first main branch on Bishop Street. IAS files also contain an excerpt from the Lee Lawrie Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, showing photos of Lawrie's models for six reliefs, though only two were realized.

Bank of Hawaii, 2011.

Harm, Greg, 2011.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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