Christopher Pratt
The Sheep , 1971 (Executed)
Lot #110 |
2012-05-24 |
Sotheby's, Toronto
Canadian Art
Category:
Prints
Estimate:
CAD 5,000 - 7,000 (currency of sale)
USD 5,000 - 7,000 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: T00140
Auction name: Canadian Art
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: Toronto
Start date: 2012-05-24
Currency: CAD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Prints & Multiples
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Dimensions: 34.3 by 78.7 cm. 13 5/8 by 31 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
34.3
Width In Centimeters:
78.7
Height In Inches:
13.5
Width In Inches:
30.9
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Edition: 8/25
Edition notes: Artist's Proof - 8 from an edition of 25
Year notes: Executed between January and March 1971.
Provenance
Private Collection, Stratford Catalogue Note Pratt comments: I don't take to animals as subjects easily; any trace of anthropomorphism bothers me, and sheep come burdened with a load of symbolism that I wanted to avoid. But that isn't possible; I saw them as the embodiment of the landscape they inhabited, the burnished, windswept landscape that I love. The more I thought about it, the more I realized my images of animals were autobiographical. Technically, this was the most frustrating print I ever made. I abandoned it three times, each time tearing up the whole works and starting fresh: a total of six months, sixteen stencils and what seemed like a million dots! I was totally exhausted when it was done .
Literature
Joyce Zemans, Christopher Pratt: A Retrospective , Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 1986, p. 69 for The Sheep reproduced. Jay Scott and Christopher Pratt, The Prints of Christopher Pratt 1958-1991 , catalogue raisonné, Breakwater Books with Mira Godard Gallery, 1991, p. 51 and 50 for The Sheep reproduced in colour. Christpher Pratt (with an introduction by David P Silcox), Christopher Pratt: Personal Reflections of a Life in Art , Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1995, p. 69 for The Sheep reproduced in colour.
Catalog summary
Christopher Pratt The Sheep signed, titled, dated Jan-March 1971 and inscribed Artist's Proof - 8 in the lower margin silkscreen, edition of 25 34.3 by 78.7 cm. 13 5/8 by 31 in. Provenance Private Collection, Stratford Catalogue Note Pratt comments: I don't take to animals as subjects easily; any trace of anthropomorphism bothers me, and sheep come burdened with a load of symbolism that I wanted to avoid. But that isn't possible; I saw them as the embodiment of the landscape they inhabited, the burnished, windswept landscape that I love. The more I thought about it, the more I realized my images of animals were autobiographical. Technically, this was the most frustrating print I ever made. I abandoned it three times, each time tearing up the whole works and starting fresh: a total of six months, sixteen stencils and what seemed like a million dots! I was totally exhausted when it was done . LITERATURE Joyce Zemans, Christopher Pratt: A Retrospective , Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 1986, p. 69 for The Sheep reproduced. Jay Scott and Christopher Pratt, The Prints of Christopher Pratt 1958-1991 , catalogue raisonné, Breakwater Books with Mira Godard Gallery, 1991, p. 51 and 50 for The Sheep reproduced in colour. Christpher Pratt (with an introduction by David P Silcox), Christopher Pratt: Personal Reflections of a Life in Art , Key Porter Books, Toronto, 1995, p. 69 for The Sheep reproduced in colour.