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Mary Frances Pratt, Untitled (Making Bread 1 & 2), 1984
Estimate:
CA$14,000 - CA$16,000
Ended
Timed Auction
Oeno Gallery – Vente en ligne Printemps 2022 / Spring 2022 Online Auction
ARTIST
Mary Frances Pratt
Size
34,3 × 76,2 cm / 13.5 × 30 in
Description
Mary Pratt’s (1935-2018) paintings celebrate ordinary household or everyday objects and events – jars of jelly, fish on plastic wrap, cracked eggs, a bowl of fruit – in a realist yet flamboyant style. These two watercolours are sold as a set. Dimensions: 7 x 10.5 inches; 7 x 7.5 inches. Pratt studied at Mount Alison University, Sackville, NB, graduating in 1961. She studied with painter Alex Colville, whose influence is seen in her movement to realism in her paintings. Pratt was named Companion of the Order of Canada in 1996 and has received nine honorary doctorates from universities across Canada. Her work is found in prominent public, corporate and private collections including those of the National Gallery of Canada, The Rooms, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the New Brunswick Museum, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario and Canada House, UK.
Condition
Encadrée / Framed
Medium
Aquarelle sur papier / Watercolour on paper
Signature
Signée et datée au bas à droite / Signed and dated lower right
Provenance
Collection particulière / Private Collection, Ontario