ASA CPE CSPWC RCA
1884 - 1963
Canadian
Building Fort Yukon, 1847-8
watercolour on paper, circa 1948
signed
20 x 18 1/2 in, 50.8 x 47 cm
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000 CAD
Sold for: $34,250
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PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the Artist by Hudson's Bay Company to be reproduced in their 1949 company calendar
Gifted from the above as a retirement gift to a Private Collection, Winnipeg, 1974
By descent within the family to the present Private Collection, British Columbia
LITERATURE
Hudson's Bay Company, Company Calendar, 1949, unpaginated, reproduced
Andrea M. Paci, Picture This: Hudson’s Bay Company Calendar Images and their Documentary Legacy, 1913-1970, 2000, https://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ57568.pdf
Phillips began producing watercolours regularly after returning to Canada in 1925. He eventually completed illustrations for Frederick Niven’s well-known book Colour in the Canadian Rockies and for Dreams of Fort Garry, which was co-produced by Robert Watson, editor of the Canadian history magazine The Beaver, published by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). This connection led to Phillips’s involvement with HBC, resulting in three of his watercolours being featured in their company calendars over the years. The other two watercolours that were included are Parting of the Brigades, 1826 (Yellowhead Pass) and H.B.C. York Boat at Norway House.
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