ASA CPE CSPWC RCA
1884 - 1963
Canadian
Sharp's Dock, Pender Harbour
colour woodcut, 1952
signed, titled and editioned 94/100
9 1/4 x 14 in, 23.5 x 35.6 cm
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CAD
Sold for: $6,250
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PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Acquired as a gift by the present Private Collection, Vancouver
LITERATURE
Roger Boulet, Walter J. Phillips: The Complete Graphic Works, 1981, reproduced page 568
EXHIBITED
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition, November 14 - December 7, 1952, same image
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 71st Annual Spring Exhibition, same image, 1954
The artist painted a watercolour of this subject in October of 1944. The blocks for this print were completed on March 8, 1952. In 1952, the two major woodcuts that Phillips selected for the annual RCA exhibition were Indian Days, Banff and Sharp's Dock, Pender Island.
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