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LOT 101

ASA CPE CSPWC RCA
1884 - 1963
Canadien

Totems, Alert Bay
aquarelle sur papier
signé et au verso titré, daté et inscrit
10 x 14 1/2 po, 25.4 x 36.8 cm

Estimation : 30 000 $ - 40 000 $ CAD

Vendu pour : 157 250 $

Exposition à :

PROVENANCE
Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Savage
Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary
Private Collection, British Columbia

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Roger Boulet, The Tranquility and the Turbulence, 1981, page 97
Maria Tippett and Douglas Cole, Phillips in Print: The Selected Writings of Walter J. Phillips on Canadian Nature and Art, 1982, page 123


Walter J. Phillips traveled to the West Coast in 1927. Visiting Stanley Park in Vancouver, he saw Indigenous totem poles that had recently been erected by settlers, including one from Alert Bay. Determined to see more, he journeyed to Alert Bay, staying at the home of his sister. Phillips wrote, “In the long street of the native village there are two splendid house posts and one decaying pole,” likely the ones we see in this evocative image. As Phillips was gathering material for woodcuts and watercolours, he also visited the First Nations villages of Tsatsisnukomi, Mamalilicoola and Karlukwees. Phillips’s skill as a watercolourist was legendary – and Totems, Alert Bay is an exceptional example. West Coast images, particularly including totem poles, are rare and sought after, and Phillips’s depiction of this street is full of fascinating details, from the two native figures to the careful recording of the motifs of the totem poles.

A number of fine colour woodcuts resulted from this trip, including Jim King’s Wharf, Alert Bay (1927), The Waterfront, Alert Bay (1928) and Thunderbird, Alert Bay (1930).


Estimation : 30 000 $ - 40 000 $ CAD

Tous les prix affichés sont en dollars canadiens


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