YORK BOAT ON LAKE WINNIPEG

colour woodcut on paper; ed. #1/150

10.25 x 13.75 in. (26 x 34.9 cm)

Price Realized:

15600.00 CAD.

INCLUDES BUYER’S PREMIUM

Notes:

signed, titled and editioned in pencil, with personal inscription; monogrammed in the block (MBL133)

Note: This work is Illustrated on pages 6, 113 and 133 of “The Tranquility and the Turbulence: The Life and Work of Walter J. Phillips” (Roger Boulet; M.B. Loates Publishing Co. Ltd.; 1981); on page 10 of “Walter J. Phillips: The Complete Graphic Works” (Roger Boulet; M.B. Loates Publishing Co. Ltd.; 1981 ); and on page 137 of “Images of the Land – Canadian Block Prints 1919-1945” (Patricia Ainslie, Glenbow Museum; 1984).

This iconic, if not master work, by W.J. Phillips is found in many public collections, with at least 14 of the 150 impressions so documented, (i.e., the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Glenbow Museum each have two copies).