Post #713168 by TikiTacky on Sun, Apr 6, 2014 10:59 AM

The pattern on the leaves on the palms is identical, which makes me think it's either the original or a very crafty copy. If it hung in a smoker's home or office (wasn't that everyone back then?) it could be very dirty, which would mask the colors and darken it. I'd contact the people at hawaiianartgalleries.com and see what they think.

Edit: On second look I'm going with crafty copy. The colors don't look washed out so much as painted with a smaller palette. Hard to say from Internet photos, though. It's also unusual for someone to put the artist's name on a copy like that unless they were attempting to deceive someone (read: forgery).

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[ Edited by: TikiTacky 2014-04-06 11:13 ]