Aliʻi Nui

Aliʻi Nui (High Chief). Jean Charlot. 1971. Ceramic sculpture. 9 1/2 ft high. Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Isami Enomoto, Technician. (JCC: ART: MU 67)

• Studies and execution

In 2009 the sculpture was donated to the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for installation at a site that has yet to be determined.

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  Jean Charlot and Rev. Akaka standing below Aliʻi Nui.

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  Jean Charlot seated by statue.

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  photo: Wayne Morioka

  Aliʻi Nui in the garden of the Ala Moana Hotel.

# Studies and execution

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  Sketches for Aliʻi Nui. Sketchbook. Jean Charlot. 1969. Page undated; adjacent pages are dated 1970.

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  photo: Francis Haar

  Jean Charlot with full height sketches of Aliʻi Nui. Circa 1970.

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  Jean Charlot, standing at left, in the ceramic studio of Isami Enomoto.

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  photo: Francis Haar

  Jean Charlot in the ceramic studio of Isami Enomoto. Circa 1970.

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Jean Charlot & The Jean Charlot Foundation