Up for sale from a recent client in Honolulu Hawaii this 1940s Hawaii color aquatint print on paper that is titled "They Say? in Hawaii" 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 that usually takes 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 17 ¾ inches x 13 ⅞ inches
Sheet 20 ¾ inches x 15 ¾ 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, the paper is toned, faint spotting throughout, signed and titled
