Hawaii, United States
Circa 1920
Photograph, framed
10 x 17 in (25.4 x 43.2 cm), framed
Provenance: Doc Buyers, Hilo, Hawaii
Photographs of Hilo Bay with Coconut Island (Mokuola) are among the most evocative documents of the Big Island's east coast landscape during the territorial period, capturing the distinctive silhouette of coconut palms against the bay that made Hilo one of the most photographed towns in Hawaii. Coconut Island has held significance in Hawaiian tradition as a place of healing, and its visual prominence in Hilo Bay made it a recurring subject for photographers working in the islands from the early twentieth century onward. This example, printed with a warm sepia tone and framed, presents the subject with a strong graphic quality consistent with the pictorialist photographic sensibility of the period.
The image is composed with palm silhouettes in the foreground against a dramatic sky with the bay and Coconut Island visible in the middle distance, printed in deep sepia tones that give it a painterly presence. The Hilo provenance through Doc Buyers connects this piece directly to the local collecting community of Hawaii Island.
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Hawaii, United States
Circa 1920
Photograph, framed
10 x 17 in (25.4 x 43.2 cm), framed
Provenance: Doc Buyers, Hilo, Hawaii
Photographs of Hilo Bay with Coconut Island (Mokuola) are among the most evocative documents of the Big Island's east coast landscape during the territorial period, capturing the distinctive silhouette of coconut palms against the bay that made Hilo one of the most photographed towns in Hawaii. Coconut Island has held significance in Hawaiian tradition as a place of healing, and its visual prominence in Hilo Bay made it a recurring subject for photographers working in the islands from the early twentieth century onward. This example, printed with a warm sepia tone and framed, presents the subject with a strong graphic quality consistent with the pictorialist photographic sensibility of the period.
The image is composed with palm silhouettes in the foreground against a dramatic sky with the bay and Coconut Island visible in the middle distance, printed in deep sepia tones that give it a painterly presence. The Hilo provenance through Doc Buyers connects this piece directly to the local collecting community of Hawaii Island.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
