Canadian Art Online Auction

September 24, 2015

LOT 157

Lot 157

WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.

WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.
Lot 157 Details
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.

OUR STREET

woodcut printed in colours
signed with initials in the plate, also signed in pencil in the lower margin
Sight 4 ins x 6.25 ins; 9.5 cms x 16.5 cms

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $4,080
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.
  • WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.
  • WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.
Provenance:

Private Collection, Ontario

Literature:

Roger Boulet, The Tranquility and the Turbulence: The Life and Work of Walter J. Philips, Markham, 1981, page 120 for Our Street, 1933, reproduced in colour.

Note:

Edition unknown. Our Street was re-issued in Winter Wood-cuts portfolio, 1936.

In the early 1930s, the Phillips family was residing at 739 Wolseley Avenue. The year this woodcut was executed, the artist was elected a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy, 10 years after he had been elected an associate member.

CONDITION DETAILS

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