Lot 14
Walter Joseph Phillips, RCA (1884-1963)
Lot 14 Details
Walter Joseph Phillips, RCA (1884-1963), Canadian
THE WATERFRONT, ALERT BAY, 1928 [BOULET, 113]
colour woodcut on Goyu paper
signed with initials in the plate lower left, signed in pencil to margin; printed in an edition of 300
image 6.25 x 8.75 in — 15.9 x 22.2 cm; sheet 7.1 x 9.8 in — 18 x 25 cm
Estimate $800-$1,200
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Provenance:
Private Collection, United States
Literature:
Roger Boulet, Walter J. Phillips: The Complete Graphic Works, 1981, reproduced p. 295.
Roger Boulet, The Tranquility and the Turbulence, 1981, reproduced p. 98.
Note:
Printed on Goyu paper from six cherry wood blocks, this is the first print in the 1928 portfolio of seven colour prints entitled, “The Canadian Scene.”