Post #560110 by naugatiki on Sat, Oct 16, 2010 10:53 AM

On 2010-10-16 06:22, bigbrotiki wrote:
So there are prints of this? I saw the original in situ at the Waikikian, and have coveted ever since. It is such a master work of Polynesian pop:
THE modernist A-frame, but in an idyllic island setting, like it is a native hut! I have never seen a copy of it, or it would have surely made it into the A-frame chapter of Tiki Modern.

WHERE did you see that framed version? Are you sure it's a print?

It is a print, this one hangs in the back room. I framed it trying to mimic the shark tooth motif of the building and ravi lobby. It measures about 20 X 26. I’ve seen one before several years ago on auction but was outbid and when this one came on a few months back I didn’t let it slip through my fingers. I wish I knew more if its origin. It would be nice to hear it was available at Jill’s Gift Shop in the gardens. It is dated 1968 on the bottom left by the signature. It is romanticized to the point of having an ocean in front of the building rather than the reality of the traffic of Ala Moana Blvd that was normally there, Artifice, where would poly pop be without it?