Silver print
17 in x 13 3/4 in including frame / 43.2 x 34.9 cm
Provenance: Joyal Arnold, Honolulu, HI
This silver print by James J. Williams shows coconut palms rising above a Hawaiian shoreline, with open water and clouded sky beyond. Williams was one of the photographers closely associated with early Hawaiian scenic imagery, producing views that helped define the visual record of the islands in the early twentieth century. The image presents Hawaiʻi through landscape, light, and coastal form rather than through a staged tourist scene.
The tall vertical palms create the main structure of the composition, set against the horizontal bands of sea and sky. The silver print process gives the photograph a clear tonal range, with strong contrast between the dark palm silhouettes and the bright coastal distance. With Honolulu provenance, the piece fits within Hawaiiana, early island photography, and Hawaiian coastal landscape imagery.
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Silver print
17 in x 13 3/4 in including frame / 43.2 x 34.9 cm
Provenance: Joyal Arnold, Honolulu, HI
This silver print by James J. Williams shows coconut palms rising above a Hawaiian shoreline, with open water and clouded sky beyond. Williams was one of the photographers closely associated with early Hawaiian scenic imagery, producing views that helped define the visual record of the islands in the early twentieth century. The image presents Hawaiʻi through landscape, light, and coastal form rather than through a staged tourist scene.
The tall vertical palms create the main structure of the composition, set against the horizontal bands of sea and sky. The silver print process gives the photograph a clear tonal range, with strong contrast between the dark palm silhouettes and the bright coastal distance. With Honolulu provenance, the piece fits within Hawaiiana, early island photography, and Hawaiian coastal landscape imagery.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
