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Helen Thomas Dranga (1866-1928) Royal Poincianas, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm) image 1
Helen Thomas Dranga (1866-1928) Royal Poincianas, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm) image 2 - Hawaiʻi State Library
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Helen Thomas Dranga (1866-1928) Royal Poincianas, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm) image 4
Lot 17

Helen Thomas Dranga
(1866-1928)
Royal Poincianas, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)

6 August 2025, 12:00 PDT
Los Angeles

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Helen Thomas Dranga (1866-1928)

Royal Poincianas, Hilo, Hawaiʻi
signed 'HELEN T DRANGA' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid to paperboard
20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, Washington D.C.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner, circa 1989.
Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2016, lot 238 (as 'Jacaranda Tree').
Private collection, Gloucestershire, England, acquired from the above.

Exhibited
(Possibly) Hilo, The artist's studio (566 Waianuenue Street), 7 - 19 November 1921.
(Possibly) Honolulu, Music Room, Moana Hotel, 14 - 31 December 1921.

Literature
(Possibly) 'Art Collection is Truly Beautiful,' Hilo Daily Tribune, 13 November 1921, p. 2 (as 'Poinciana Bloom').
(Possibly) 'Dranga Exhibit of Oils and Watercolors are Reflection of Hawaii,' The Honolulu Advertiser, 14 December 1921, p. 12 (as 'Poinciana').

The present work relates to Flowering Poincianas on a Hilo Road which was illustrated in the December 1924, April 1930, and May 1939 issues of Paradise of the Pacific Magazine.

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