Hand-colored photograph
9 in x 14 1/2 in including period frame / 22.9 x 36.8 cm
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
This hand-colored photograph depicts night-blooming cereus in Hawaiʻi, a subject closely associated with tropical gardens and early twentieth-century island imagery. The long horizontal composition emphasizes the mass of flowering cactus, with the pale blossoms set against deep green foliage and shaded landscape. The period frame supports the presentation of the image as a decorative photograph from the 1920s.
Hand-coloring added depth and atmosphere to photographs before color photography became widely available, giving botanical subjects a more vivid and painterly presence. Here, the controlled use of green, cream, and yellow highlights the dramatic contrast between the flowers and the surrounding vegetation. The Honolulu provenance through John Dominis Holt gives the piece a direct Hawaiʻi collecting context.
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Hand-colored photograph
9 in x 14 1/2 in including period frame / 22.9 x 36.8 cm
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
This hand-colored photograph depicts night-blooming cereus in Hawaiʻi, a subject closely associated with tropical gardens and early twentieth-century island imagery. The long horizontal composition emphasizes the mass of flowering cactus, with the pale blossoms set against deep green foliage and shaded landscape. The period frame supports the presentation of the image as a decorative photograph from the 1920s.
Hand-coloring added depth and atmosphere to photographs before color photography became widely available, giving botanical subjects a more vivid and painterly presence. Here, the controlled use of green, cream, and yellow highlights the dramatic contrast between the flowers and the surrounding vegetation. The Honolulu provenance through John Dominis Holt gives the piece a direct Hawaiʻi collecting context.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
