Above Lake Louise

1945

Walter Joseph Phillips

Associated Names
Walter Joseph Phillips

Artist, Canadian, 1884 - 1963

Torch Press

Printer

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

The image depicts a rushing stream surrounded by rocks, extending into the distance. The view is from a slightly elevated angle, showing the rugged outlines of distant mountains and tall evergreen trees on the sides. The color palette consists of earthy tones with creams, browns, and greens, contrasted with soft blue and gray hues. Stylized brushstrokes create shapes of trees and rocks, giving a sense of motion.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 × 15.9 cm (7 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.11.127

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boulet 1981, no. 239

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix C, p. 149, no. 27.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: WJ Phillips

Wikidata ID

Q65087084

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