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Tunnel Mountain

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: c. 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.08

Description: General colour: blue, mauve. Sky fills the upper half of paper. Lake, trees and mountains, the lower half. Two poplar trees divide the picture vertically top to bottom, one third from left side.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Tunnel Mountain

Date: c. 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 32.7 x 53.3 cm

Description: General colour: blue, mauve. Sky fills the upper half of paper. Lake, trees and mountains, the lower half. Two poplar trees divide the picture vertically top to bottom, one third from left side.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.08

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York Boat on Lake Winnipeg

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.17

Description: Colour: green grey, pink, brown with blue and orange. Central image is the left profile of a boat coming through waves. Its sail is only partly in view. There are eight figures in the boat - one with a feather headdress. In the lower right corner is a sea gull-wings spread. On the horizon at the ri…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: York Boat on Lake Winnipeg

Date: 1930

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.1 cm

Description: Colour: green grey, pink, brown with blue and orange. Central image is the left profile of a boat coming through waves. Its sail is only partly in view. There are eight figures in the boat - one with a feather headdress. In the lower right corner is a sea gull-wings spread. On the horizon at the right side is a rock island with a couple of wind blown trees on it. The sky above is yellow with dark grey at the upper edge.

Subject: landscape; lake; figure, group; boat

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.17

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York Boat, Fort Garry 1937

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.07

Description: Colour: grey, brown, green. A large grey boat sits left to centr on wood beams. A stone wall is behind and to the left. At the right are wood posts which support the roof which appears at the upper right edge. In the distance below the roof is a green lawn, tree trunks and a house.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: York Boat, Fort Garry 1937

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 53.0 cm

Description: Colour: grey, brown, green. A large grey boat sits left to centr on wood beams. A stone wall is behind and to the left. At the right are wood posts which support the roof which appears at the upper right edge. In the distance below the roof is a green lawn, tree trunks and a house.

Subject: boat

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.07

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Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.11

Description: Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or p…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.2 x 37.8 cm

Description: Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0315 A; 20668.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.11

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Untitled [Red River Cart]

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.16

Description: A rural scene in which a man in a blue shirt, brown pants and holding a gun, is standing to the left of a Red River cart. A white horse or ox appears to be pulling the cart. These figures are examined from behind. The cart, man, and animal are in the lower left corner of the image. Along the bo…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Red River Cart]

Date: 1933

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A rural scene in which a man in a blue shirt, brown pants and holding a gun, is standing to the left of a Red River cart. A white horse or ox appears to be pulling the cart. These figures are examined from behind. The cart, man, and animal are in the lower left corner of the image. Along the bottom of the image is a flat prairie area. Several wheel ruts are visible. Across the centre of the image there is a line of trees. Directly above the trees are clouds. At the top of the image there is a clear sky.

Subject: landscape; rural; transportation; Red River cart; figure; male

Credit: Gift of Caroline Harris-Andrews, Kingston, 2002

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.16

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Wenkchemna Meadows

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.09

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Wenkchemna Meadows

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 54.0 x 37.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.09

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Warren's Landing, Lake Winnipeg

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: colour woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.31

Description: This print is a duplicate of PhW.04.26.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Warren's Landing, Lake Winnipeg

Date: 1931

Medium: colour woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 24.0 cm

Description: This print is a duplicate of PhW.04.26.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.31

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Lily

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.55

Description: A mostly black picture, with outline of lily pads floating in the water, one pad is blossoming.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Lily

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Dimensions: 7.5 x 13.4 cm

Description: A mostly black picture, with outline of lily pads floating in the water, one pad is blossoming.

Subject: botanical, water lilies

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.55

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Stockton, Manitoba

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1940

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.56

Description: An old-time street scene runs from bottom right to centre left. Right side is in shadow. 2 trees in front of building. Further down the street a man is sitting on a scaffold painting the side of the building. 2 figures in front of the building.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Stockton, Manitoba

Date: 1933 – 1940

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 19.2 cm

Description: An old-time street scene runs from bottom right to centre left. Right side is in shadow. 2 trees in front of building. Further down the street a man is sitting on a scaffold painting the side of the building. 2 figures in front of the building.

Subject: architecture, urban

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.56

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Waterfall, Lake of the Woods

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.57

Description: A very black picture with the waterfall highlighted centre top of the picture. The banks on both sides of the waterfall are finely drawn in but subdued, the foreground is black with streaks of waterfall reflection.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Waterfall, Lake of the Woods

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Dimensions: 11.7 x 20.1 cm

Description: A very black picture with the waterfall highlighted centre top of the picture. The banks on both sides of the waterfall are finely drawn in but subdued, the foreground is black with streaks of waterfall reflection.

Subject: landscape, waterfall

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.57

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Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: wood cut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.32

Description: Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock

Date: 1937

Medium: wood cut on paper

Dimensions: 12.3 x 18.3 cm

Description: Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;

Subject: landscape; lake; figure, male; animal, dog; boat

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.32

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Waterfall, Lake of the Woods

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.40

Description: Rocks, waterfall, lake with strong, black areas. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed inside white Christmas Greetings card fold from the Phillips. This print is #203 in R. Boulet Catalogue, this print is from the later issuing, 1957.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Waterfall, Lake of the Woods

Date: 1934

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Dimensions: 12.4 x 20.0 cm

Description: Rocks, waterfall, lake with strong, black areas. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed inside white Christmas Greetings card fold from the Phillips. This print is #203 in R. Boulet Catalogue, this print is from the later issuing, 1957.

Subject: landscape; lake; waterfall; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.40

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Engineer's House and South Wall (Lower Fort Garry)

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.42

Description: Two houses in landscape or farm setting. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in white Christmas Greeting card from the Phillips and is glued at its top edge to inside of card. Xmas greeting in 1931 and again in 1951, this copy is from later date. This print is #179 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Engineer's House and South Wall (Lower Fort Garry)

Date: 1931

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Dimensions: 9.6 x 13.4 cm

Description: Two houses in landscape or farm setting. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in white Christmas Greeting card from the Phillips and is glued at its top edge to inside of card. Xmas greeting in 1931 and again in 1951, this copy is from later date. This print is #179 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

Subject: landscape; rural; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.42

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In the Rockies

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.10

Description: The painting is on heavy, brownish paper. The foreground is green, lower right are rocks and a rocky side of a mountain. Blue mountains are evident in background. The top two thirds of the painting is sky, slight washes indicate soft white clouds. Signed brc.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: In the Rockies

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 26.0 cm

Description: The painting is on heavy, brownish paper. The foreground is green, lower right are rocks and a rocky side of a mountain. Blue mountains are evident in background. The top two thirds of the painting is sky, slight washes indicate soft white clouds. Signed brc.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1985

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.10

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Mistaya Valley, Peyto Lake

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.53

Description: The distinctive shape of Peyto Lake lies white in the foreground. The surrounding mountains are various shades of black and grey. The top right corner is white indicating sky.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Mistaya Valley, Peyto Lake

Date: 1937

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Dimensions: 12.1 x 17.7 cm

Description: The distinctive shape of Peyto Lake lies white in the foreground. The surrounding mountains are various shades of black and grey. The top right corner is white indicating sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.53

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The Source of the Bow

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.54

Description: A mostly black picture, walls of the canyon both sides faintly indicated. The waterfall cascades from centre right to across the full bottom of the picture. Same as PhW.04.14

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: The Source of the Bow

Date: 1936

Medium: engraving, wood on paper

Dimensions: 19.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: A mostly black picture, walls of the canyon both sides faintly indicated. The waterfall cascades from centre right to across the full bottom of the picture. Same as PhW.04.14