Description

Description: This woodcut in colors is from Phillips’ “Canadian Scene” portfolio. It is initialed in the plate and numbered (“161″) and signed in graphite at the lower margin.

Image is 6 3/4″ x 9″ on a 7 3/4″ x 10″ sheet of Goyu paper. Matted to: 13 1/2″ x 15 1/2”. Item #PR00653

Walter Joseph Phillips (1884-1963) was born in England, but moved to Winnipeg in 1913. He is most known for his woodcuts and watercolors of the lakes of Manitoba, the prairies, and the Rocky Mountains. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Canadian Painters Etchers Society, Society of Gravers-Painters in Colour (London), etc.

Condition: Lightly toned, hinging remnants on verso upper edge, generally good condition.