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Lot 16: Walter J. Philips, Lake MacArthur

Est: $2,000 CAD - $3,000 CADPassed
4th Meridian Fine ArtPenticton, BC, CAJanuary 24, 2021

Item Overview

Description

A fine, subtle, atmospheric impression printed on Japanese paper. During a trip to England in 1924, Phillips spent time with William Giles and Yoshijiro Urushibara, two important practitioners of the color woodcut medium. Urushibara taught him much about the printing process and the various Japanese papers. Walter Phillips was born at Barton-on-Humber in Lincolnshire, England. Encouraged from an early age by teachers and parents, Phillips studied art in Birmingham before pursuing a career as a teacher and commercial artist. He enjoyed early success as a watercolourist in Britian, and spent a few years living and working on South Africa. However, by 1913 he an his wife had made the decision to relocate to Canada, landing in Winnipeg Manitoba. Phillips took a position at St John's Technical High School and became friends with another expatriate Englishman and printmaking enthusiast, Cyril H. Barraud. When Barraud left to serve in the Canadian army, Phillips purchased his printing press and all his equipment. From 1915 to 1918, Phillips actually produced etchings in very small editions, and began teaching himself woodcut printing, working in the manner of the Japanese artists. Within 2 years of making woodcuts, he caught the attention of the British art magazine Studio. Throughout the '20s and '30s, Phillips was Canada's most famous printmaker, exhibiting his prints throughout Britain, the United States and Canada. He was incredibly prolific; by 1923 he had published forty-two colour woodcuts, and then in a burst of productivity between 1926 and 1928 he produced another thirty-nine. 1940 marked a departure for Western Canada, Phillips began teaching summer classes at the Banff Summer School of Fine Arts and in 1941 he accepted a position of instructor at the Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary, where he stayed until 1949. The popularity of printmaking in the western provinces can be attributed to Phillips's influence at both these schools. A few years later, in 1953 Phillips moved to Banff where he lived in a house on Tunnel Mountain. Unfortunately, in 1958 Phillips' eyesight began failing, and two years later, in 1960 he retired to Victoria, BC. Retirement was short-lived, Walter Joseph Phillips died in Victoria in 1963 at the age of 78. Special Collections Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB Pavilion Gallery Museum, Winnipeg, MB The Feckless Collection, Vancouver, BC

Dimensions

11.75 x 15.75 ins ( 29.8 x 40 cms ) ( subject )

Artist or Maker

Medium

colour wood engraving

Date

1931

Condition Report

Excellent condition.

Provenance

Private collection: South Okanagan

Notes

Signed in the block, signed again in pencil.

Payment & Shipping

Payment

Accepted forms of payment: MasterCard, Money Order / Cashiers Check, Paypal, Visa, Wire Transfer

Shipping

Payment: Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa or MasterCard, unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale.

Packing & Shipping: At 4th Meridian, we are pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. All packing and shipping is done in house at the expense of the purchaser, ie. you. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive email notification as such.

Auction Details

January Online Fine Art & Collectible Auction

by
4th Meridian Fine Art
January 24, 2021, 04:00 PM PST

104-1475 Fairview Rd, Penticton, BC, V2A 7W5, CA

Terms

Buyer's Premium

18.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$99$5
$100$499$10
$500+$25

Extended Bidding

5 minutes/bid

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2. A Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5% and 7% Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be charged on the hammer price and buyer's premium for B.C. residents. Goods shipped out of province are taxed at the local rate for the recipient.

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9. All currency figures are in Canadian dollars.

Payment and Shipping

Payment: Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa or MasterCard, unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale.

Packing & Shipping: At 4th Meridian, we are pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. All packing and shipping is done in house at the expense of the purchaser, ie. you. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive email notification as such.

Payment and Shipping

Payment: Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa or MasterCard, unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale.

Packing & Shipping: At 4th Meridian, we are pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. All packing and shipping is done in house at the expense of the purchaser, ie. you. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive email notification as such.