White ginger

Title

White ginger

Description

Acrylic or watercolor painting on black velvet, depicting white ginger flowers and green foliage. Signed "Hale Pua, Hawaii." Hale Pua was either an alternate name, or the name of the studio, of artist Frank Yasutara Oda. Originally made for the tourist trade, a label on the back of the frame describes the painting as "a guaranteed hand-made product of Hawaii nei," originally sold in the Hawaii Glass & Art shop, Honolulu, Hawaii. Probably made circa 1950.

Creator

Oda, Frank Yasutara (Hale Pua), 1915-2001

Date Created

1945-1955

Is Part Of

Professional Art Collection

Subject

Art -- Hawaii

Medium

Acrylic or watercolor on velvet

Identifier

PUA_ART_2021_26

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Format

Painting

Type

Still Image