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The Canadian Scene: Seven Colour Prints and a Dissertation

Woodcut
1928 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A colour woodcut in the Japanese style. The print depicts a view across a lake towards mountains. In the foreground, partially blocking this view, there is a tree stump set before a still living tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • The Canadian Scene: Seven Colour Prints and a Dissertation (series title)
  • The Stump, Lake of the Woods (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour woodcut on paper
Brief description
Print by Walter J. Phillips, proof for 'The Stump, Lake of the Woods', from the portfolio entitled 'The Canadian Scene: Seven Colour Prints and a Dissertation', colour woodcut, Canada, 1928
Physical description
A colour woodcut in the Japanese style. The print depicts a view across a lake towards mountains. In the foreground, partially blocking this view, there is a tree stump set before a still living tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.6875in
  • Width: 9.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Production typeProof
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'W P' (Signed with monogram)
  • 'W J Phillips' (Signed in pencil)
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.2312-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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