Lot 156
Christopher Pratt (1935- )
Lot 156 Details
Christopher Pratt (1935- ), Canadian
HOUSE AT PATH END, 1977 (IN FIVE STATES)
Five colour silkscreens on paper in five states; each signed, titled, dated Jan 1977, and annotated with the final state being numbered 43/55 in pencil, the four progressive states (I/V - IV/V) further inscribed alongside the titles as follows: “Lines”; “Shadows” “Stencils 1 + 2”; and “Stencils 1 + 2 + 3” in pencil to margin
Each image 15" x 30" — 38 x 76.1 cm.
Estimate $8,000-$12,000
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Provenance:
Two with Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto labels verso;
From whom purchased by the present, Private Collection, Toronto.
Literature:
Christopher Pratt, “Personal Reflections on a Life in Art”, Introduction by David Silcox, Key Porter Books, 1995, pgs. 111 - 117, the final state illustrated in colour p. 117
Note:
In reference to “House at Path End”, Pratt comments, “I thought this print would be an extension of ‘March Night’ (a 1976 Pratt oil on board cited in the above book). I was aiming for optimism, the house bright against the darkness, but it did not turn out that way. The windows, and the wire pole, complicate the image...”
The house depicted is similar to many houses in the small community of St. Mary’s Bay, Newfoundland where Pratt lives and works, called “Path End”. Pratt says the circumstances in his life and to those around him forced him to alter the mood of the final “House at Path End”.