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W.J. (WALTER JOSEPH) PHILLIPS

Currency:CAD Category:Art Start Price:200.00 CAD Estimated At:650.00 - 850.00 CAD
W.J. (WALTER JOSEPH) PHILLIPS
Summer
colour woodcut, signed in the margin and artist stamp in the plate, dated 1925. Matted, unframed
5 1/2 x 7 in (16.7 x 14.0 cm)
Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
A summer holiday scene on Keewatin Beach in Lake of the Woods, Manitoba. Unnumbered edition. Born in Lincolnshire, England, Phillips came to Winnipeg in 1913 and taught there at St. John's Technical High School until 1924. A watercolourist and print maker. Phillips died in Victoria, British Columbia.