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Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Falls in Yoho Valley
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1937
Size 14.5 x 10 in. / 36.8 x 25.4 cm.
Frame Size 26.25 x 21.5 x 1.25 in.
Sold $8,000 Estimate $9,000 - $12,000

Notes
signed and titled lower left; titled verso; bears date on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat; some handling marks on frame noted

Reference
illustrated on page 43 in Colour in the Canadian Rockies by W.J. Phillips and Frederick Niven, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1937

Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary


Biographical Information
Walter Joseph Phillips ~ [1884-1963] Canadian ASA, CPE, CSPWC, MSA, RCA
for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at 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;


biography and other examples 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 $8,000 - Paddle # 3210
Bidding History
Paddle #
Date
Amount
3210
4/25/2026 2:39:03 PM
CAD $8,000
103835
4/25/2026 2:35:47 PM
CAD $7,500
3210
4/25/2026 2:30:55 PM
CAD $7,000
103835
4/25/2026 2:27:47 PM
CAD $6,500
3210
4/25/2026 2:25:54 PM
CAD $6,000
101099
4/25/2026 10:50:46 AM
CAD $5,500

Biographical Information
Walter Joseph Phillips ~ [1884-1963] Canadian ASA, CPE, CSPWC, MSA, RCA
for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at 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;


biography and other examples 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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