ARCA CSGA OC
1935 - 2022
Canadian
Ice, Moon and Tanker
oil on board
signed and dated 2007 and on verso signed, titled and dated
21 x 21 in, 53.3 x 53.3 cm
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Montreal
PROVENANCE
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Vancouver
Canadian Post-War & Contemporary Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, November 26, 2009, lot 48
Private Collection, Toronto
Christopher Pratt, one of Canada’s most prominent painters and printmakers, often dealt with the themes of landscapes, architecture, waterscapes and boats. Here in Ice, Moon and Tanker, the massive modern tanker is a black slit in a vast pool of blue sea and sky. A perfect moon sits dead centre in this square-format painting, illuminating only the ice and water. The night sky is without a single cloud; instead we see a symphony of blue gradients, punctuated by the navigation lights of the tanker and the ever-quiet moon. Icons of maritime life, boats often symbolize a bygone way of life. The tanker in our painting has little to do with the hard-working fisherman’s past of Newfoundland. Rather, it tells the story of modern shipping, faraway markets and a livelihood beyond the frame of our painting. The work is meticulously planned out and plotted, as is always the case with Pratt, and the overall mood is distant, yet serene and still. There is a quiet beauty to Ice, Moon and Tanker, a beauty that captivates the viewer and engages our attention amidst the rapid pace of our current world.
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CAD
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