Walter J. Phillips
Canadian · 1884–1963 · Painter, Printmaker
Walter Joseph Phillips was an English-born Canadian painter and printmaker. He is credited with popularizing the colour woodcut in the style of the Japanese, in Canada. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Wharf at Hnausa, WinnipegLevis Fine Art Auctions · CA$57,500≈ $44,002≈ £25,905≈ €37,218Sign up to see
Bow LakeLevis Fine Art Auctions · CA$35,100≈ $28,073≈ £20,143≈ €23,326Sign up to see
The Stream in WinterLevis Fine Art Auctions · CA$25,740≈ $19,033≈ £16,596≈ €19,046Sign up to see
Walter J. Phillips’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
2 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
103 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 2 | 2 | 100% | $14.1kSign up | $14.1kSign up | $28.1kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $14.1kSign up | $14.1kSign up | $28.1kSign up |
| Works on paper | 45 | 45 | 100% | $9.9kSign up | $8kSign up | $44kSign up |
| Watercolor | 44 | 44 | 100% | $10.2kSign up | $8.1kSign up | $44kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $600Sign up | $600Sign up | $600Sign up |
| Prints & multiples | 371 | 370 | 100% | $1.5kSign up | $944Sign up | $9.5kSign up |
| Etching | 3 | 3 | 100% | $909Sign up | $739Sign up | $1.5kSign up |
| Engraving | 2 | 2 | 100% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $595Sign up | $595Sign up | $913Sign up |
| Screenprint | 6 | 6 | 100% | $534Sign up | $653Sign up | $965Sign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 358 | 357 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $966Sign up | $9.5kSign up |
| Other | 3 | 3 | 100% | $689Sign up | $95Sign up | $1.9kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | $3.6kSign up |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | $947Sign up |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | $814Sign up |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | $4kSign up |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | $553Sign up |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | $647Sign up |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | $862Sign up |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2009 | 13 | 13 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | $933Sign up |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | $870Sign up |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | $404Sign up |
| 2003 | 17 | 17 | $880Sign up |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | $413Sign up |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | $657Sign up |
| 1999 | 24 | 24 | $666Sign up |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | —Sign up |
| 1997 | 17 | 17 | —Sign up |
| 1996 | 6 | 6 | —Sign up |
| 1995 | 20 | 20 | —Sign up |
| 1994 | 13 | 13 | —Sign up |
| 1993 | 16 | 16 | —Sign up |
| 1992 | 19 | 19 | —Sign up |