1930s Hawaii Etching Print "Two Musicians" by John M. Kelly (1879-1962) (+)

Up for sale from a recent client in Honolulu Hawaii this 1930s Hawaii black and white etching on brown paper print that is untitled depicting two female musicians one holding a guitar the other one with a ukulele and was created by the well known local artist John Melville Kelly (1879-1962). The condition is described above - for more information please check the photos. In case you would like the print to be cleaned I am working with a great paper conserver. It will take approximately 4-6 weeks and I am getting a discount due to the volume I do with them that I am happy to extend to you.


Measurements:

Image 8 ¼ inches x 5 ¾ inches

Frame 17 ¾ inches x 14 ¼ inches


More about the artist:

John Melville Kelly was born in Oakland, California in 1879*, and had a long and varied career there until moving to Hawaii, where he achieved fame as an artist.

Kelly worked for many years as an illustrator for the San Francisco Examiner, and had even been a prizefighter, before he and his artist wife, Katherine, went to Hawaii in 1923. Their plan was to stay a year, working for an advertising agency creating material to promote tourism. They fell in love with the islands and the people and stayed permanently.

Kelly's "ravishing depictions of Polynesians" was, in fact, what distinguished him from other artists in Hawaii at the time. He produced etchings and aquatints, primarily of human figures, though he occasionally did landscapes as well. He authored and illustrated Etchings and Drawings of Hawaiians in 1943, and The Hula as Seen in Hawaii in 1955. Kelly died in Honolulu in 1962.

Condition: 

The print is original unrestored condition, is it is evenly toned throughout - printed on brown paper, with some bug holes in the margins, not signed but an original print by the artist, the frame with scratches in places,