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LOT 529

ASA CPE CSPWC RCA
1884 - 1963
Canadian

Sharp's Dock, Pender Harbour
colour woodcut, 1952
signed, titled and editioned 87/100
9 1/4 x 14 in, 23.5 x 35.6 cm

Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CAD

Sold for: $5,800

Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 135 Yorkville Ave

PROVENANCE
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
Private Collection, Ohio

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


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 woodblocks that Phillips selected for the annual RCA exhibition were Indian Days, Banff and Sharp's Dock, Pender Island.


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