Walter J. Phillips RCA
1884-1963
The Diving Board, 1930, colour woodcut on paper, 8.5 x 5.5 inches (22 x 14 cm), Description: signed with monogram top right, signed in graphite l.r., the print was re-issued in 1931 in an edition of 200, reproduced p.117 in Roger Boulet book The Tranquility and the Turbulence. Provenance: private collection Alberta, condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass, $5200 Cdn.
Valley Of The Ten Peaks, 1930, ed. 200, wood engraving, 4.25 x 6.25 inches (12 x 16 cm), Description: l.r. signed (WJ Phillips) in graphite; the ninth print in the portfolio Ten Woodcuts of 1931, MBL147, Provenance: Calgary Collection, condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass, $4200 Cdn.
Snake Island, Lake Winnipeg, 1931, ed. 40, wood engraving, 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13.5 x 19.5 cm), Description: MBL157, tenth print in Portfolio "Ten Woodcuts", signed l.l. (WJ Phillips), reproduced p.222 in Roger Boulet book The Tranquility and the Turbulence. Provenance: Calgary Collection, condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass, $3900 Cdn.
Warren's Landing, Lake Winnipeg, 1931, edition 200, colour woodcut, 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16x24 cm), Provenance: Calgary Collection, Description: MBL154, sixth print in Portfolio "Ten Woodcuts", signed l.r. (WJ Phillips), condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass, $4400 Cdn.
Summer Night, 1931, edition 200, colour woodcut, 6.75 x 9.5 inches (17 x 24 cm), Provenance: Alberta Collection, Description: MBL153, fifth print in Portfolio "Ten Woodcuts", signed l.r. (WJ Phillips), condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass, $4400 Cdn.
Grain Elevator At LaSalle, Manitoba, 1931, edition 200, colour woodcut, 7.25 x 12.5 inches (19 x 31 cm), Provenance: Alberta Collection, Description: MBL149, first print in Portfolio "Ten Woodcuts", signed l.r. (WJ Phillips), condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass,$6300 Cdn.
Fall, Assiniboine River, 1931, colour woodcut, edition 200, 7 x 10 inches (17 x 25 cm), Provenance: Calgary Collection, Description: MBL150, second print in Portfolio "Ten Woodcuts", signed with monogram l.r., signed l.r. (WJ Phillips), condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass, $3650 Cdn.
Engineer's House and South Wall, 1931, edition 971, wood engraving, 3.25 x 4.5 inches (8 x 11 cm), Note: MBL181; l.l. signed (WJ Phillips); This print was the 1931 Christmas Card; Provenance: private collection Calgary, archival framing with museum glass, $1650 Cdn.
Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock, 1937, wood engraving, 4.25 x 6.5 inches (10 x 16 cm), Description: MBL221, signed l.r. (WJ Phillips), reproduced p.230 in Roger Boulet book The Tranquility and the Turbulence, Christmas greeting for 1937. Provenance: private collection Alberta, condition: excellent, archival framing with museum glass, $4200 Cdn.
Wild Cherry, 1927, ed. 66/250, colour woodblock on Goyu paper, 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22.2 cm), Description: 10th print of Ten Canadian Colour Prints Portfolio from 1927, signed with monogram in block l.l., in graphite lower margin l.l. signed and numbered; Provenance: private collection Banff, archival framing, $3000 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; Description: MBL102, 5th print of Ten Canadian Colour Prints Portfolio from 1927; signed with monogram in block l.l., in graphite lower margin l.l. numbered, l.r. signed; Provenance: private collection Calgary; $3600 Cdn.
Framed in a contemporary, handcrafted Arts & Crafts Style frame (photographed under glass).
Rosie, 1918, edition at 50, 1st state, colour woodcut/paper, 5.5 x 4.5 inches (13 x 11 cm), Description: MBL34A, signed, titled, dated lower margin; signed with monogram l.r., reproduced p.40 in Roger Boulet book The Tranquility and the Turbulence, Provenance: Banff Collection, archival framing with museum glass, sold.
Our Street, 1933, colour woodcut, 3.5 x 6 inches (8 x 15 cm), MBL191, archival framing with museum glass, 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
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.
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