Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

May 29, 2007

LOT 118

Lot 118

WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.

WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.
Lot 118 Details
WALTER JOSEPH PHILLIPS, R.C.A.

JOHNSON CREEK

watercolour
signed
812.0" x 934.0" (21.3 cm x 24.4 cm)

Estimate $3,000-$4,000

Realised: $2,530
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Provenance:

Private Collection, Calgary

Literature:

Roger Boulet, The Tranquility and the Turbulence, Markham, 1981, pages 201-203.

Note:

Boulet, in the chapter entitled Waterfalls, quotes from Phillip’s unpublished and undated manuscript: “On a sunny day I enjoy nothing better than to walk beside a mountain creek... Johnson Creek, fifteen miles from Banff, along the West Road, provides a very proper setting. It is a stream to my mind - of perfect dimensions, of varying width, average three or four yards. Here and there the trail clings to the walls of the gorge...”

CONDITION DETAILS

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  • 5 Stars: Excellent - No discernable damage, flaws or imperfections
  • 4 Stars: Very Good - Minor flaws or imperfections visible only under close inspection using specialised instruments or black light
  • 3 Stars: Good - Minor flaws visible upon inspection under standard lighting
  • 2 Stars: Fair - Exhibits flaws or damage that may draw the eye under standard lighting
  • 1 Star: Poor - Flaws or damage immediately apparent under standard lighting (examples: missing components, rips, broken glass, damaged surfaces, etc.)

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