PROVENANCE
Richardson Bros Gallery, Winnipeg
Collection privée, Vancouver

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Duncan Campbell Scott, Walter J. Phillips, 1947, reproduit page 23
Michael J. Gribbon, Walter J. Phillips, 1978, reproduit page 61, figure 37, le dessin au plomb et le croquis à l’aquarelle et au graphite pour l’estampe reproduite page 59 et le croquis détaillé à l’aquarelle et au graphite de l’œuvre reproduite page 60
Roger Boulet, The Tranquility and the Turbulence, 1981, reproduit page 107 et le dessin de 1926 et l’aquarelle de 1927 liés à cette œuvre reproduits page 106
Roger Boulet, Walter J. Phillips : The Complete Graphic Works, 1981, reproduit page 285
Jay Stewart, Peter Macnair et coll., Emily Carr : Nouvelles perspectives sur une icône canadienne, Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, 2006, reproduit page 112

Roger Boulet notes, "On his first trip to Alert Bay, Phillips happened on "Jim King's Wharf." Using this print in his unpublished manuscript Wet Paint, he described it in the following terms: "Some of the coastal steamers tie up at the end of this crazy wharf, and discharge consignments of groceries and other articles of commerce, for the general Chinese merchant Jim King, whose store stands at the shore end of it. The tide races along Johnstone Strait between the shore and Vancouver Island, whose snow-capped peaks may be seen in the distance. An Indian dug-out canoe is passing - admire its graceful lines. Gasoline driven fishing boats - trollers and seiners, tramp steamers, and launches pass as frequently, and the big liners that ply between the great southern ports and Alaska, at regular intervals. It has become a busy sea-way. The composition does not present any feature of outstanding interest. The canoe was introduced for balance, and to help lead the eye to the end of the wharf, which is the focal point. The distant island is connected with the wharf on the picture plane by intrusive lines and parts, and the vertical direction of the piles merges gradually into the horizontal by virtue of their spreading reflections." The trip to the Coast enabled Phillips to sketch Siwash and Kwakiutl villages and provided him with material for years to come."

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