Hand-colored photograph
12 in x 18 in including period frame / 30.5 x 45.7 cm
Provenance: Joyal Arnold, Honolulu, HI
This hand-colored photograph shows a Waikīkī shoreline view from Halekulani in the 1920s. The image reflects the early twentieth-century visual culture of Hawaiʻi, when palm-lined coastal scenes became closely associated with Honolulu, travel, and island hospitality. Its period frame supports the photograph’s original decorative presentation.
The composition centers on silhouetted palms, open lawn, and the sea beyond, using hand-coloring to soften the sky and landscape. The coloring gives the photograph a painterly quality while preserving the structure of the photographic image beneath. With Honolulu provenance, the piece fits well within Hawaiiana, early tourism, and Waikīkī-related photographic material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
Hand-colored photograph
12 in x 18 in including period frame / 30.5 x 45.7 cm
Provenance: Joyal Arnold, Honolulu, HI
This hand-colored photograph shows a Waikīkī shoreline view from Halekulani in the 1920s. The image reflects the early twentieth-century visual culture of Hawaiʻi, when palm-lined coastal scenes became closely associated with Honolulu, travel, and island hospitality. Its period frame supports the photograph’s original decorative presentation.
The composition centers on silhouetted palms, open lawn, and the sea beyond, using hand-coloring to soften the sky and landscape. The coloring gives the photograph a painterly quality while preserving the structure of the photographic image beneath. With Honolulu provenance, the piece fits well within Hawaiiana, early tourism, and Waikīkī-related photographic material.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
