Lot 24
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.
Lot 24 Details
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.
YORK BOAT ON LAKE WINNIPEG, 1930
woodcut printed in colours
signed with monogram to the plate and signed, titled, and numbered 54/150 in pencil to the margin
image 10.25 ins x 13.75 ins; 26 cms x 34.9 cms
Estimate $15,000-$20,000
Additional Images
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the Artist;
Collection of Ken Madsen, Banff, AB;
By descent to Private Collection, British Columbia
Note:
Phillips boarded the steam ship Wolverine for a tour of Lake Winnipeg in 1928 and was moved by the sight of the old York boats—the signature trading vessel of the Hudson’s Bay Company—discarded on the shores. He wrote that “it was easy to imagine the fast canoes or the brigades of York boats coming round the bend. They say you could hear the crews singing before the boats came in sight. I could imagine that too, and the eager-ness and interest of the nice folk at the fort as they waited.... There are none left now. The last lay rotting on the banks of the Nelson: the sturdy frame that withstood the shocks of a passage of the rapids a thousand times, now yielding to the action of the weather.”
This image was featured on a postage stamp in 1997 in the “Masterpieces of Canadian Art” series. Editions are also held in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, The Glenbow Museum and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
CONDITION DETAILS
Fair/Good condition. Laid down on board. Some repairs.
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