Tom Phillips valuation
English painter, printmaker and collagist, best known for A Humument, his treated Victorian novel.
Tom Phillips (1937–2022) was born in Clapham, London, read English at St Catherine's College, Oxford, and attended life-drawing classes under Frank Auerbach before studying full time at Camberwell, graduating in 1964.
What a work by Tom Phillips is worth
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Bio
Tom Phillips (1937–2022) was born in Clapham, London, read English at St Catherine's College, Oxford, and attended life-drawing classes under Frank Auerbach before studying full time at Camberwell, graduating in 1964. He taught at Ipswich School of Art, where Brian Eno was a student and became a lifelong friend. In 1966 he first showed at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and began A Humument, painting over and drawing on the pages of a novel by W. H. Mallock to leave new text. His own translation of Dante's Inferno, illustrated with his prints, was published in 1983. He also worked as a portrait painter and designed tapestries for his old Oxford college.
What comes to market is paintings, prints and portfolios, individual pages from A Humument and works on paper. A buyer will want to know whether a Humument page is an original treated page or a printed version, and for prints, the edition and signature. Portfolios should be complete, with all sheets and any title pages present. Works on paper should be checked for fading, foxing and creases, and paintings for cracking and surface dirt.
At a glance
- Born
- 1937, Clapham
- Died
- 28 November 2022
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