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Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB. – Vintage Wall Art

Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB., [1920, c1921] — historic print
Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB., [1920, c1921]. Historic print from the Sports collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This historic print of Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB.

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Rendered as a color woodcut, this sheet shows surf riders at Honolulu, and its artist signed it with the monogram CWB and again in red pencil at lower left. Surfing was a long-standing part of Hawaiian life before outsiders paid much attention to it. By the 1910s and early 1920s, Duke Kahanamoku's swimming achievements and his trips to the mainland and abroad were bringing the sport wider notice. The record dates the work to about 1920 or 1921, when Hawaii was becoming a popular subject for American printmakers and a destination in the public imagination.

Created / published[1920, c1921]
Medium1 print : woodcut, color.
GenreWoodcuts Color 1920.
NotesK147724 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed with monogram: CWB; titled on block, and also signed in red pencil at bottom left.
SubjectsSurfing--Hawaii--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,447 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216188

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