signed, titled, dated December 1988 and numbered 35/75 in the lower margin
16 × 36 in (40.6 × 91.4 cm) (subject)
Auction Estimate:$4,000 - $6,000
Sale date:November 22, 2016
Price Realized
$7,475
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
Literature
David P. Silcox and Merike Weiler, “Christopher Pratt,” Scarborough, 1982, page 46 and 119
Discussing one of his earliest prints to include a water vessel as the primary subject, “Boat in Sand” (1960), Christopher Pratt reveals some origin and contemplation behind a subject to which he has returned regularly. “I have always loved boats. When I was a boy they were far more important than cars. They said Newfoundland to me. I didn’t intend [Boat in Sand] as a symbol, but I did it at a time when it seemed to me that traditional and viable social structures were being systematically discredited in Newfoundland.” Relaying the awe-inspiring experience of boating on the ocean, the artist spoke of the boat acting as “an island on the sea with its onboard life-support systems, just as our planet is in space.”
