Period photograph
13 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in / 34.9 x 26 cm
Provenance: By descent of the artist
This period photograph by William Henderson shows a figure reclining on the sand at Waikīkī, photographed from above with the shoreline and rock texture forming the setting. Henderson was a British artist and photographer who traveled widely and exhibited his work in Britain and America. The provenance by descent of the artist gives the photograph a direct connection to Henderson’s own body of work.
The composition is modern and tightly framed, using shadow, body position, sand, and surf line to create a graphic image rather than a conventional scenic view. Its date places it within the late 1920s to early 1930s, when Hawaiʻi was photographed through both travel imagery and more personal artistic perspectives. As a Waikīkī photograph, it fits within Hawaiiana, early twentieth-century photography, and artist-made images of the Pacific.
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Period photograph
13 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in / 34.9 x 26 cm
Provenance: By descent of the artist
This period photograph by William Henderson shows a figure reclining on the sand at Waikīkī, photographed from above with the shoreline and rock texture forming the setting. Henderson was a British artist and photographer who traveled widely and exhibited his work in Britain and America. The provenance by descent of the artist gives the photograph a direct connection to Henderson’s own body of work.
The composition is modern and tightly framed, using shadow, body position, sand, and surf line to create a graphic image rather than a conventional scenic view. Its date places it within the late 1920s to early 1930s, when Hawaiʻi was photographed through both travel imagery and more personal artistic perspectives. As a Waikīkī photograph, it fits within Hawaiiana, early twentieth-century photography, and artist-made images of the Pacific.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
