List of Artworks
Work and Wonder: 200 Years of Latter-day Saint Art
A complete list of artwork on display in Work and Wonder, listed by gallery in the order they appear in the exhibition.
Triangle Room: Introduction
Carl Christian Anton Christensen (American, born Denmark, 1831–1912), Crossing the Mississippi on the Ice, circa 1878. Tempera on muslin, 77.875 x 114 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of the grandchildren of C.C.A. Christensen.
Avard Fairbanks (American, 1897–1987), Eternal Progress, 1933. Plaster frieze, 144 x 122.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Ricardo Rendón (Mexican, born 1970), Zona de concentración, 2018, installed by the artist, 2024. Steelwire and bronze polished lacquered plumb, dimensions variable. Collection of the artist.
Memory & Archive
Duncan McFarlane (British, 1818–1865), The Ship Brooklyn, 1845. Oil, 24 x 36 inches. Church History Museum.
George Martin Ottinger (American, 1833–1917), Burial of John Morse at Wolf Creek, July, 25, 1861, 1861. Oil on canvas, 11 x 17 inches. Church History Museum.
George Martin Ottinger (American, 1833–1917), Chimney Rock, August 3, 1861, 1861. Oil on canvas, 6.25 x 13 inches. Church History Museum.
George Martin Ottinger (American, 1833–1917), Mormon Immigration Train at Green River, 1861. Oil on canvas, 11 x 18.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Johann Schroeder (German, unknown), Early View of Nauvoo, 1859. Oil on metal, 10 x 13 inches. Church History Museum.
Lucy Leuppe McKelvey (Native American, Diné, born 1946), Echoes of the Ancient Ones, 1988. Ceramic, 12.75 x 11.5 x 10.75 inches. Church History Museum.
Fannie Nampeyo (Native American, Hopi-Tewa, 1900–1987), Migration Pot, 1952. Ceramic, 8.25 x 13.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Sara Lynne Lindsay (American, born 1977), Knew They Would/Knew You Would Be Here, 2020. Cotton, cedarwood, ink, Sarah Pea DeArmon Rich’s journal entries 1814–1893, approximately 7 feet in diameter x 2 inches. State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection.
Gary Ernest Smith (American, born 1942), Innocent Blood which Crieth from the Ground Against Them, 1970. Oil on canvas, 44.75 x 74.75 inches. Springville Museum of Art, Gift from John & Birdella Bearnson and Vern G. & Judy Swanson, 1997.020.
José Augusto Rotellini (Dominican, born 1975), Busto del Profeta José Smith, 2014. Resin, 15 x 10 inches. Private Collection.
Marlena Wilding (American, born 1989), All Are Alike Unto God (Portrait of Isaac Lewis Manning), 2021. Mixed media, collage, 36 x 24 inches. Private Collection.
Joni Susanto (Indonesian, born 1961), The First Vision/Joseph Smith’s First Prayer, 1990. Textile, 28.5 x 36 inches. Church History Museum.
Thomas Ward (English, 1808–1847), Phoebe Carter Woodruff and Son Joseph, 1845–46. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches. Church History Museum.
Manti Relief Society (Various), Hair Wreath, 1888. Hair and other material, 35 x 29.25 x 6.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Fourteenth Ward Relief Society (Various), Fourteenth Ward Album Quilt, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1857. Textile, 126 x 99 inches. Church History Museum and Private Collection.
Mary Ann Broomhead (American, born 1829), Martyrdom Sampler, 1844. Textile with cotton and silk thread, human hair, 27.2 x 24.25 inches. Church History Museum.
Valerie Atkisson de Moura (American, born 1971), Hanging Family History, (Matriarchally Oriented), 2002. Ink, rice paper, copper wire, 14 x 2 x 2 feet. Church History Museum.
Michelle Franzoni Thorley, (Xicanan, born 1979), The Finding Process, 2018. Oil on panel and amate paper, 32 x 30 inches. The Baird Collection.
Kazuko Covington (Japanese, born 1951), Touching the Hearts of Many Generations, circa 2017. Textile, 68 x 53 inches. Church History Museum.
Elspeth C. Young (American, born 1984), Brightness of Hope (Louise Fabres), 2016. Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches. Private Collection.
Joseph Lajabu Banda (Malawian, born 1979), Go Where You Want Me to Go, 2022. Acrylic, paper, wood, and chitenge cloth, 28 x 27.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Brian Kershisnik (American, born 1962), She Will Find What Is Lost, 2012. Oil on canvas, 132 x 96 inches. Church History Museum.
Dennis Smith (American, born 1942), Go This Way, 2020. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. Collection of the artist.
Georgina Bringas (Mexican, born 1975), La vibración del tiempo, 2018. VHS tape, computer fans; dimensions variable. Collection of the artist.
Jacqui Larsen (American, born 1962), The Children Sing: Syracuse, New York, 2018. Mixed media on panel, 37 x 37 x 4 inches. Church History Museum.
Annie Poon (American, born 1977), The Split House, 2016. Stop motion animation, duration: 5 minutes. Church History Museum.
Individual & Church
Sarah Ann Burbage Long (American, born England, 1817–1878), Brigham Young and His Friends, circa 1864. Oil on canvas, 33 x 43 inches. Church History Museum.
George Edward Anderson (American, 1860–1928), Sister Manwaring and Children at Prayer, 1903. Gelatin silver print, 15.5 x 19.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Sutcliffe Maudsley (British, 1809–1881), Lucy Mack Smith, circa 1842. Gouache on paper, 12 x 7.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Megan Knobloch Geilman (American, born 1986), Joseph’s Book of the Dead, 2017. Digital composition. Photography by Samantha Zauscher. Courtesy of the artist.
Emile Wilson (Sierra Leonean, born 1967), Confirmation in Sierra Leone, 1992. Textile, 34.5 x 30 inches. Church History Museum.
Trevor Southey (American, born Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, 1940–2015), The Restoration of the Priesthood/The Moment After, 1980. Bronze, 26.75 x 27.25 x 27.375 inches. Church History Museum.
Lisa DeLong (American, born 1974), Umbilicus, 2018. Ink and gold leaf with handmade print, 30 x 18 x 2 inches. Church History Museum.
Nicole Woodbury Preece (American, born 1986), Within the Marrow of Our Bones, 2019. Porcelain ceramic, 8.5 x 8.5 x 4 inches. Church History Museum.
Jared Lindsay Clark (American, born 1976), Palimpsests - Saturday, 2012. Etching on paper, 8 x 7.875 inches (image size), 15 x 11 inches (paper size). Church History Museum.
Alejandra Ramos (Mexican-Guatemalan, born 2000), Vision, 2021. Video, 3 minutes. Collection of the artist.
Hildebrando de Melo (Angolan, born 1978), Mustard, 2018. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 40 x 36 inches. Church History Museum.
Laura Lee Stay Bradshaw (American, born 1958), Woman of Reverence, 1985. Bronze, 35 x 12 x 9.25 inches. Church History Museum.
James T. Harwood (American, 1860–1940), Come Ye After Me, 1904. Oil on canvas, 18.5 x 15.1875 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1937.
Walter Rane (American, born 1949), He Anointed the Eyes of the Blindman, 1999. Oil on canvas, 34.375 x 20 inches. Church History Museum.
Joseph Paul Vorst (American, born Germany, 1897–1947), Last Supper, 1930. Linoleum cut, 13.9 x 11.61 inches. Church History Museum.
Michael Malm (American, born 1972), Focus on Joy, 2023. Oil on canvas, 30 x 22 inches. Collection of the artist.
Julie Yuen Yim (Chinese, born Hong Kong, 1958), Partake of His Goodness, circa 2021. Chinese ink and colors, 47.2 x 33 x 0.75 inches. Church History Museum.
Rose Datoc Dall (Filipina-American, born 1968), Anointing for the Burial, 2024. Oil on panel, 30.25 x 17 inches. Collection of the artist.
Richard Burde (German, 1912–1998), The Prodigal Son’s Return, 1960. Oil on canvas, 35 x 32.25 inches. Church History Museum.
Gifty Annan-Mensah (American, born Ghana, 1949), He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, 2022. Acrylic, canvas, paint, ink, 22 x 26 x 0.75 inches. Collection of the artist.
Jorge Cocco Santángelo (Argentine, born 1936), Cast the Net and Ye Shall Find, 2016. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. Church History Museum.
J. Kirk Richards (American, born 1976), Praying Christ in Bronze, 2020. Bronze, 74 x 21 x 25 inches. Collection of the artist.
Madeline Rupard (American, born 1991), Jesus Painting Painting, 2023. Acrylic on panel, 9 x 12 x 1.875 inches. Collection of the artist.
Harry Anderson (American, 1906–1996), The Second Coming, 1979. Oil on canvas, 120 x 79 inches. Church History Museum.
Word & Image (vitrine):
- John Held (American, born Switzerland, 1862–1936), “Vision of Nephi”, printed page from George Reynolds’ The Story of the Book of Mormon, 1888. Church History Library.
- Unknown Artist, King Benjamin’s Last Address (Mosiah 5) from Deseret Sunday School Union. Church History Museum.
- Arnold Friberg (American, 1913–2010), Alma Baptizes in the Waters of Mormon, reproduction in The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Church History Library.
- Unknown Artist, Reproduction in Book of Mormon Stories, 2010. Church History Library.
- Harold T. (Dale) Kilburn (American, 1929–2012), Brigham Young and the Beginning of the Retrenchment Association. Improvement Era, vol. 72, no. 5, May 1969. Church History Library.
Ahmed Jamal Qureshi (American, born 1976), Mazmuur Naafi: The Arabic Psalm of Nephi, 2003. Digital image, 16.5 x 16.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Herman H. Haag (American, born Germany, 1871–1895), Nephi Obtains the Plates from Laban, 1894. Oil on canvas, 47 x 36 inches. Church History Museum.
Ben Howell (American, born 1979), Transcription, 2010–2016. Video still. Courtesy of the artist.
Page Turner (American, born 1981), Blessed Big Oak Revival from Total Plenitude: A Congregation of Sister Seekers, 2018. Assemblage mixed media, about 36 inches in diameter. Collection of the artist.
Church Auxiliary Magazines vitrine:
- Head of Michelangelo’s David, frontispiece for The Young Woman’s Journal, March 1901.
- I Now Turn the Key, cover image for The Relief Society Magazine, March 1936.
- Mary Johnson Kimball, The Earth is the Lord’s, Emerson Ward mural, cover image for Improvement Era , October 1957.
- Heinrich Hoffman, Christ, cover image of Tambuli, August 1984.
- Carl Bloch, Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda, cover image for Liahona, January 2003.
Minerva Teichert (American, 1888–1976), House of the World, 1949-51. Oil on masonite, 36 x 48 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1969.
Arnold Friberg (American, 1913–2010), Samuel the Lamanite on the Wall (Samuel the Lamanite Prophesies), circa 1955. Oil on canvas, 44 x 32 inches. Church History Museum.
Aoba Taiichi (Japanese, born 1954), Become Familiar with the Scriptures, 1993. Earthenware/fired clay, 14 x 11 x 4.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Sacred Spaces
LeConte Stewart (American, 1891–1990), Latter-day Saint Meetinghouse, Clearfield, 1935. Oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches. Church History Museum.
Daniel Martinez (Uruguayan, born 1977), Aquarelle de Hoy, Buenos Aires, 2023. Watercolor on panel, 11 x 14 inches. Collection of the artist.
Daniel Everett (American, born 1980), Sky I/Sky II, 2012. Inkjet prints, 28 x 35 inches each. Church History Museum.
Ella Peacock (American, 1905–1999), Spring City Chapel, Utah, 1930. Linocut, 13 x 9.5 inches. State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Collection.
J. George Midgley (American, 1882–1979), Homeward, 1950. Bromoil transfer print, 10.25 x 10.25 inches. Church History Museum.
John Hafen (American, born Switzerland, 1856–1910), Garden of Eden, circa 1893. Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 116.25 inches. Church History Museum.
Hagen Haltern/Jared Harlow (German, 1947-2014; American, born 1977), Rhein Valley, 2005/2024. Digital print on aluminum, 30 x 32.7 inches. Courtesy of Jared Harlow.
Dale Fletcher (American, 1929–1990), Mother’s Garden: Irene’s Strawberry Patch, 1959. Pen and ink, 17.25 x 23.5 inches. Springville Museum of Art, Gift from Vern G. and Judy N. Swanson.
Matisse Binauli (Malawian, born 1983), Meditations on Belief, circa 2019. Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 17 inches. Private Collection.
Wulf Barsch (American, born Germany, 1943), In the Valley of the Sun and the Moon: Snow Canyon, 2000. Oil on canvas, 71 1/2 x 54 inches. Springville Museum of Art, Gift of Vern G. and Judy N. Swanson, Springville, 2009.006.
Kah Leong Poon (American, born Singapore, 1963), Manhattan New York Temple, 2005. Archival digital fine art print, 17 x 22 inches. Church History Museum.
Ann Eckford (American, 1836–1918), Nauvoo Temple Sampler, 1846–49. Textile, 18 x 12 inches. Church History Museum.
Maddison Colvin (American, born 1990), Typologies (Utah), 2012. Graphite on paper, 40 x 24 inches. Private collection.
Judith Mehr (American, born 1951), Promises, 1980. Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches. Church History Museum.
Colby Sanford (American, born 1991), Oh Let Me Mix Into You, 2022. Acrylic on board, 16 x 20 inches. Private Collection.
David Dibble, (American, born 1977), Sanctuary, 2019. Oil on linen panel, 36 x 30 inches. Private collection.
Justin Wheatley (American, born 1980), The House Where the Spirit Was Strong, 2021. Acrylic on panel, 22 x 22 inches. Collection of the artist.
Mabel Frazer (American, 1887–1982), The Furrow, (1929). Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches. Church History Museum.
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965), A Winter’s Provender (Jessie Waite Hunt) and Bottling – Women’s Work: Gunlock, Utah, 1953. Silver gelatin prints 11 x 14 inches. Museum of Contemporary Photography.
Abu Hassan Conteh (Sierra Leonean, born 1964), Becoming Self Reliant, 1993. Textile, 35 x 38 inches. Church History Museum.
Mahonri Mackintosh Young (American 1877–1957), The Shoveler, 1905. Bronze (posthumous cast), 11.75 x 11 x 6.5 inches. Church History Museum.
J. Leo Fairbanks (American, 1878–1946), Life Is the Reward of Love and Labor, circa 1920. Oil on canvas, 24 x 48 inches. Church History Museum.
Mary Teasdel (American, 1863–1937), Mother and Child, 1900. Oil on canvas, 31 x 25 inches. State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection.
Janis Mars Wunderlich (American), Laundry Monkeys, circa 2000. Ceramic, 18 x 8 x 6 inches. Private Collection.
Identity
Eva Koleva Timothy (American, born Bulgaria, 1976), Come Unto Me, 2012. Photograph, 37 x 49 inches. Collection of the artist.
Richard Lasisi Olagunju (Nigerian, born 1969), Male and Female Created He Them, 2019. Coral beads on board, 36 x 25.5 inches. Church History Museum.
Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1829–1902), Mormon Family: Great Salt Lake Valley, 1869. Photograph, approximately 8 x 10 inches. Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections.
Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986), Congregation Leaving the Latter Days Saints Church at Mendon, Utah, 1940. Photograph, 17.5 x 23 inches. Library of Congress.
Jeanne Leighton Lundberg Clarke (American, 1922–2014), Family Dessert, 1980. Oil on canvas, 48 x 54 inches. Church History Museum.
Rachel Cardenas Stallings Thomander (Colombian-American, born 1989), I Love People/Mi Mamá, 2017. Photographic print, 17 x 11 inches. Collection of the artist.
Chu Chu, (Chinese, born 1987), The Visit, before 2019. Digital painting on paper, 16 x 20 inches. Collection of the artist.
Colleen Wallace Nungari (Eastern Arrernte, born 1974), The Coming of Christ, 2008. Acrylic on canvas, 59.125 x 36.25 inches. Church History Museum.
Leta Keith (Native American, Diné, Edgewater Clan, 1923–2012), Mesa Arizona Temple Rug, 1990. Handspun wool, 52 x 71 inches. Church History Museum.
Ultra Violet (Isabelle Collin Dufresne) (American, born France, 1935–2014), Where Wast Thou When I Laid the Foundations of the Earth?, 2002. Acrylic on Rolodux, 11 x 11 x 3 inches. Church History Museum.
Artist once known, Mormon Creed, circa 1884. Painted and gilded glass, 36 x 28 inches. Church History Museum.
Daniel George (American, born 1984), Jello Delight, Cinnamon Jello Salad, Salad, Green Jello with Carrots, 2020–2021. Archival pigment prints, 24 x 36 inches. Collection of the artist.
Lee Udall Bennion (American, born 1956), Daily Bread, circa 1990. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art.
José de Faria (Portuguese, born 1958), A Plentitude do Evangelho (The Fullness of the Gospel), 2019. Oil on canvas, 39.37 x 47.24 inches. Collection of the artist.
Ron Richmond (American, born 1963), water with jean jouvenet (The Sacrament of Water), 2013. Oil on canvas, 48 x 66 inches. Private Collection.
Michael Clane Graves (American, 1939–2017), The Fourth Article of Faith, circa 1975. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 79 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art.
Enoma Alfred Igbinigie, (Nigerian, born 1951), Family Together Forever, 2004. Wood, 27.5 x 58 x 4 inches. Church History Museum.
Rose Marie Reid (American, 1906–1908), “The Relief Society Suit”, 1954. Lycra and sequins, about 42 x 16 x 8 inches. Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections.
Va Va’u Relief Society (Tongan, various), Salt Lake Temple Square, circa 1936. Barkcloth, paint 111.5 x 156 inches. Church History Museum.
Cyrus E. Dallin (American, 1861–1944), Angel Moroni, 1891. Gilded plaster, 31 x 15 x 20 inches. Church History Museum.
Franz Mark Johansen (American, 1928–2018), From the Veil Series, 1986. Oil on board, 47 x 39 1/2 inches. Springville Museum of Art, Gift from David & Ingrid Nemelka, in memory of Ruth Hubold Nemelka.
Paige Crosland Anderson (American, born 1989), Think of Me, Thou Ransomed One, 2019. Oil on panel, 26 x 60 inches. Collection of the artist.
Paige Crosland Anderson (American, born 1989), Again, Glorified, 2019. Oil on panel, 36 x 80 inches. Collection of the artist.
Paige Crosland Anderson (American, born 1989), Loose the Bands Which Bind, 2019. Oil on panel, 26 x 60 inches. Collection of the artist.