Canadian Fine Art Auction

May 25, 2015

LOT 90

Lot 90

CHRISTOPHER PRATT, R.C.A.

CHRISTOPHER PRATT, R.C.A.
Lot 90 Details
CHRISTOPHER PRATT, R.C.A.

FISH STAMP

serigraph
signed, titled, dated “Nov. 1968” and inscribed “engraver’s proof”
Sight 20.25 ins x 27 ins; 51.4 cms x 68.6 cms

Estimate $2,000-$3,000

Realised: $4,012
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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CHRISTOPHER PRATT, R.C.A.
  • CHRISTOPHER PRATT, R.C.A.
Provenance:

Private Collection, New Brunswick

Literature:

Jay Scott and Christopher Pratt, The Prints of Christopher Pratt, 1958-1991, Catalogue Raisonné, Breakwater Books, St. John’s, Nfld., 1991, page 46 for The Stamp (2 Cent Cod Fish), “engraver’s proof,” 1968, reproduced and pages 46-49 for the artist’s more extended comments of the Stamp works.

David P. Silcox and Merike Weiler, Christopher Pratt, Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., Scarborough, 1982, page 29.

Note:

Silcox writes: “Between 1968 and 1974, Pratt completed six silkscreen prints based on nineteenth century Newfoundland stamps...In his eyes these stamps were beautiful objects, well designed, and part of a proud pre-Confederation heritage which he wished to salute.”

Pratt writes: “I made the ‘Stamp’ prints as souvenirs of Newfoundland: not Newfoundland as an island, its fauna and geography, but as a social, political and economic entity that has passed out of time. These early postage stamps constitute evidence of that Newfoundland.”

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