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Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Above Lake Louise
Media colour wood block on paper
Dated 1945
Size 7.5 x 6 in. / 19 x 15.2 cm.
Frame Size 18.75 x 17 x 2 in.
Sold $2,750 Estimate $2,000 - $2,500

Notes
signed along bottom; framed with archival mat

Reference
Scott CW#138; MBL #239 ed:200; commissioned for The Woodcut Society, Alexandria

Provenance
private collection, Calgary


Biographical Information
Walter Joseph Phillips ~ [1884-1963] Canadian ASA, CPE, CSPWC, MSA, RCA
Phillips, whose father was a Welsh clergyman, was born in Barton-on-Humber in Lincolnshire, England in 1884. He arrived in Winnipeg with his wife, Gladys, after spending 5 years in South Africa and then working as a teacher and commercial artist in England. For a detailed biography and examples of Phillips work see the website wjphillips.ca
See Walter J. Phillips, by Duncan Campbell Scott [Scott#], published by Ryerson Press, 1947; Walter J. Phillips, A Selection of His Works and Thoughts, by Michael J. Gribbon, published by N.G.C., 1978; The Tranquility and the Turbulence: The Life and Works of Walter J. Phillips, by Roger H. Boulet [MBL#], published by Loates, 1981; Phillips in Print, edited by Douglas Cole and Maria Tippett, published by Manitoba Records Society, 1982; Truth and Beauty in the Canadian Rockies, An Explorer's Guide to the Art of Walter J. Phillips, by Lisa Christensen, Fifth House Publishers, 2019; included in N.G.C. Vol. III, by Robert Hubbard, pg. 247; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg. 365

Historical Results for this Artist

Sold
CAD $2,750 - Paddle # 7336
Bidding History
Paddle #
Date
Amount
7336
11/3/2024 12:57:05 PM
CAD $2,750
9536
11/3/2024 12:57:05 PM
CAD $2,500
7336
11/3/2024 12:56:51 PM
CAD $2,400
9536
11/3/2024 12:56:51 PM
CAD $2,300
7336
11/3/2024 12:00:38 PM
CAD $2,200
9536
10/25/2024 4:18:12 PM
CAD $2,100
7336
10/25/2024 1:27:25 PM
CAD $2,000
9536
10/23/2024 5:06:46 PM
CAD $1,900
100938
10/16/2024 11:08:40 PM
CAD $1,800

Biographical Information
Walter Joseph Phillips ~ [1884-1963] Canadian ASA, CPE, CSPWC, MSA, RCA
Phillips, whose father was a Welsh clergyman, was born in Barton-on-Humber in Lincolnshire, England in 1884. He arrived in Winnipeg with his wife, Gladys, after spending 5 years in South Africa and then working as a teacher and commercial artist in England. For a detailed biography and examples of Phillips work see the website wjphillips.ca
See Walter J. Phillips, by Duncan Campbell Scott [Scott#], published by Ryerson Press, 1947; Walter J. Phillips, A Selection of His Works and Thoughts, by Michael J. Gribbon, published by N.G.C., 1978; The Tranquility and the Turbulence: The Life and Works of Walter J. Phillips, by Roger H. Boulet [MBL#], published by Loates, 1981; Phillips in Print, edited by Douglas Cole and Maria Tippett, published by Manitoba Records Society, 1982; Truth and Beauty in the Canadian Rockies, An Explorer's Guide to the Art of Walter J. Phillips, by Lisa Christensen, Fifth House Publishers, 2019; included in N.G.C. Vol. III, by Robert Hubbard, pg. 247; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg. 365

Historical Results for this Artist

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