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Artist Walter Joseph Phillips
Title Todd Inlet
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1957
Size 13 x 21 in. / 33 x 53.3 cm.
Frame Size 23 x 30.5 x 1 in.
Sold $12,000 Estimate $8,000 - $10,000

Notes
signed and dated lower left; bears title on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat and special glass

Reference
likely Tod Inlet BC; lots of interesting history

Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso


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 $12,000 - Paddle # 8696
Bidding History
Paddle #
Date
Amount
8696
4/25/2026 2:19:06 PM
CAD $12,000
103960
4/25/2026 1:42:23 PM
CAD $11,000
8696
4/25/2026 1:19:24 PM
CAD $10,000
9879
4/25/2026 1:18:11 PM
CAD $9,500
8696
4/25/2026 11:13:02 AM
CAD $9,000
100536
4/25/2026 11:12:36 AM
CAD $8,500
8696
4/25/2026 11:12:36 AM
CAD $8,000
100536
4/25/2026 11:11:23 AM
CAD $7,500
8696
4/25/2026 11:11:23 AM
CAD $7,000
100536
4/12/2026 3:12:15 PM
CAD $6,500

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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