Walter J. Phillips RCA
1884-1963
Wild Cherry, 1927, ed. 66/250, colour woodblock on paper, 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22.2 cm), 10th print of Ten Canadian Colour Prints Portfolio from 1927, Description: signed with monogram in block l.l., in graphite lower margin l.l. signed and numbered; Provenance: private collection Alberta, archival framing, $3000.00 Cdn.
Moonlight, Lake Of The Woods, 1927, ed. 66/250, colour woodcut on Goyu paper, 7x6 inches (18x15 cm), archival framing in handcrafted Arts & Crafts style frame; Note: MBL, 5th print of Ten Canadian Colour Prints Portfolio from 1927; Description: signed with monogram in block l.l., in graphite lower margin l.l. numbered, l.r. signed; Provenance: private collection Calgary; $3600.00 Cdn.
Framed in a contemporary, handcrafted Arts & Crafts Style frame (photographed under glass).
Snake Island, Lake Winnipeg, 1931, ed. 40, wood engraving, 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 19.5 cm), archivally framed, Tenth print in Portfolio "Ten Woodcuts", signed l.l. (WJ Phillips), condition: excellent, Provenance: Calgary Collection, $3900.00 Cdn.
Engineer's House and South Wall, 1931, wood engraving, 3.25 x 4.5 inches (8 x 11 cm), archival framing; Note: MBL; l.l. signed (WJ Phillips); This print was the 1931 Christmas Card; Provenance: private collection Calgary, $1650.00 Cdn.
The Source Of The Bow, 1936, wood engraving/paper, 6 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (16.4 x 10.6 cm), archival framing; Note: MBL217; l.r. signed (WJ Phillips); This print was the 1936 Christmas Card; This work is in the National Gallery of Canada Permanent Collection; Provenance: private collection Alberta, sold.
Assiniboine River From Big Springs (Manitoba Landscape), 1929, edition unknown, colour woodcut on paper, 3 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (8.3 x 11.7 cm), archival framing; MBL126; l.l. inscribed (WP) with Assiniboine written in graphite on bottom corner of margin; l.r. signed (WJ Phillips); featured in Roger Boulet book The Tranquility and the Turbulence page 112. This was the Phillips' 1929 Christmas greeting. Provenance: private collection British Columbia, sold
Rushing River, Lake Of The Woods, 1931, wood engraving, 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (13 x 17 cm), archival framed, sold.
Mountain Torrent, 1926, colour wood cut / laid japan paper (Japanese printmaking paper), 8 ¾ x 11 7/8 inches (22.2 x 31.2 cm); Description: in graphite lower margin l.l. titled, editioned, dedicated to Reg Harvey; l.r. signed (WJ Phillips); l.l. dated 1926 in the block and monogrammed; original framing (new archival mat); MBL89; reproduced p.205 in Roger Boulet book The Tranquility and the Turbulence. Provenance: private collection Alberta, sold.
Johnston Canyon Waterfall, 1948, watercolor on paper, 15 x 19 inches, archival framing; l.l. signed and dated (WJ Phillips 48); Provenance: purchased from the artist, private collection British Columbia, sold