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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1963
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.12
Description
Colour: black and white. A pole runs up the left side. Down beside it to the right is a plant, above which is a totem figure with arms outstretched. At its base are the back views of two human figures in hats. In the lower right area are two mountain peaks meeting an empty white sky.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Zunuk
Date
prior to 1963
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 18.9 cm
Description
Colour: black and white. A pole runs up the left side. Down beside it to the right is a plant, above which is a totem figure with arms outstretched. At its base are the back views of two human figures in hats. In the lower right area are two mountain peaks meeting an empty white sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
figure, male
lake
symbolism
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.12
Images
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