Art and Poetry
48 photographs: b&w
9 photographs: col.
11 photographs: 35 mm col. negatives
32 photographs: col. slides
29 photographs: various sized b&w negatives
2 albums (35 photographs: b&w; 146 photographs: col.; 7 prints)
30 postcards
ca. 234 drawings/sketches (pencil, ink, paint, and other mediums)
ca. 1779 engravings/etchings/prints (metal, woodcut, and linocut prints)
19 sketchbooks
27 woodblocks and engraved metal plates
18 lithographs
1 linocut
56 paintings
1 audio cassette
2 aluminum plates
2 photographs : negative prints
This series consists of Claire Pratt's artwork and poetry, woodblocks and engraved plates made by Claire, records relating to Claire's artwork and poetry, photographs of her artwork and and other artists' works, and artwork by other artists', predominantly as handmade or printed greeting cards and postcards.
Title based on contents of the series.
The series is contained in 27 boxes.
File list available (see below).
BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
Box 1 | ||||
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Artwork by other artists | ||||
1 | 1 | Artwork by Berta R. Golahny [Birdie] | [between 1976 and 1983] | Includes engravings, pencil drawings, drawn greeting cards to Claire and Viola Pratt, and other works, including colour photographs: col. of works, by Berta R. Golahny and sent to Claire Pratt. |
1 | 2 | Scrapbook of works by various artists | 1937-1976 | Scrapbook of engravings, drawings, aquatints, paintings and other works, predominantly created or reproduced as Christmas and greeting cards to Claire Pratt, by various artists, including Nicholas Hornyansky, Rosemary Kilbourn, Delza and Alf Longman, Bernice and Langton Martin, Bronka Michalowska, Sylvia and Ian McIntosh, Sue? Raney, and W. Rowe. Contains loose drawings.
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1 | 3 | Scrapbook of works by various artists | 1946-1984 | Scrapbook of engravings, drawings, and other works, predominantly created or reproduced as Christmas and greeting cards to Claire Pratt, by various artists, including Libby Altwerger, Isabel Cleland, Lou and Isabel Rowe (Cleland), HM Cochrane, Lucille Gilling, Margaret Bloy Graham, and Anne Smith Hook. Contains loose drawings. |
1 | 4 | Scrapbook of works by various artists | 1951-1974 | Scrapbook of engravings and other works, predominantly created or reproduced as Christmas and greeting cards to Claire Pratt, by various artists including Sylvia Hahn, Jo Manning, and Bertram Brooker. Contains loose drawings. |
Box 2 | ||||
2 | 1–4 | Cards to Claire Pratt done by friends | 1949-1993 | Greeting cards, postcards, Christmas cards, and invitations to Claire Pratt. Includes reproduced engravings and drawings as well as hand-drawn art on the cards done by various artists who were friends of Claire Pratt; 3 photographs: col.; 1 photograph: b&w. File 1 includes an incomplete list of artists. Contains loose drawings. |
Box 3 | ||||
Records relating to Claire Pratt’s artwork | ||||
3 | 6 | Sale of art works record books | 1955-1992 | Two (2) books recording sale of art works; includes announcement broadside for opening of "Prints by Claire Pratt" |
3 | 7 | Claire Pratt's artist’s notebook | 1953-1969 | Includes records of sale, collection of poems, lists of friends and colleagues; and biographies of notable artists through history. |
Artwork by Claire Pratt | ||||
3 | 2 | Designs by Claire Pratt | 1953-1986 | Printed slips, greeting and Christmas cards, and other materials with designs or reproductions of designs and artwork by Claire Pratt; some of the cards include facsimiles of E.J. Pratt's writings; some of the cards are signed by Ned and Viola Pratt or by Claire and her mother. |
3 | 5 | Sketches by Claire | 1945-1946 | Charcoal sketches of Claire's family and friends; includes a holograph letter to Claire from Dorothy. Originally housed on blue construction paper with metal clips. Fragile, handle with care as charcoal easily rubs off.
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Photographs | ||||
3 | 1 | Photo reproductions of Claire Pratt's works | 1947-1983 | Includes an envelope containing photo reproductions of her works (8 photographs: b&w; 45 photographs: col.; 11 photographs: 35 mm col. negatives) and one (1) album containing photographs, prints, and other reproductions of her work (34 photographs: b&w; 141 photographs: col.; 7 prints); some photographs include descriptions of the artwork depicted. Contains loose small photographs. |
Box 4 | ||||
Artwork by Claire Pratt | ||||
4 | 1 | Early sketches by Claire Pratt | [between 1932 and 1952] | Early sketches, drawings, and other artworks in various mediums including: charcoal, paint, ink, pencil, and crayon. |
4 | 2–8 | Paintings and sketches by Claire Pratt | [196?-197?] | Tempura paintings, sketches in ink, pencil and colour; includes 2 folders of loose artworks and 5 sketchbooks |
Box 5 | ||||
5 | 1–13 | Sketchbooks | [before 1995] | Thirteen (13) sketchbooks containing sketches in ink, pencil, colour, and charcoal and some paintings done by Claire Pratt. |
Box 6 | ||||
6 | 1 | Engravings by Claire Pratt | 1949-1962 | Originally housed in accompanying red album |
6 | 2 | Engravings by Claire Pratt | 1963-1986 | Twenty-four (24) engravings and six (6) pen drawings. |
Box 7 | ||||
Literary materials and poetry notebooks | ||||
7 | 2-3 | Haiku by Claire Pratt | 1966-1987 | Five (5) notebooks containing haiku composed by Claire Pratt; File 2 contains one (1) notebook of haiku collected by Claire.
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7 | 4-5 | Poetry notebooks | 1966-1990 | Four (4) notebooks of poetry by Claire Pratt; File 5 includes loose papers with poetry; one notebook includes loose blank postcard
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Box 10 | ||||
Artwork by other artists | ||||
10 | 3 | Cards, watercolours, and linocut print | [ca. 1983] | Two (2) handmade cards to Claire and Viola Pratt, two watercolours, and one linocut print by various artists including Christ, Kay Mitchell, D. Brich, and R.W. Lisle. |
Literary materials and poetry notebooks | ||||
10 | 5 | My First and Last Recitation | [before 1995] | Undated typed poem possibly by Claire Pratt. |
Box 14 | ||||
Records relating to Claire Pratt’s artwork | ||||
14 | 9 | Publicity | 1947-1988 | Materials relating to Claire Pratt's art including: newspaper clippings regarding art exhibits and artwork; biographies, autobiographies, and addresses in honour of Claire Pratt; bibliography art exhibit listings; list of ownership of prints; CBC broadcast review of The Silent Ancestors; copies of newsletter The Ulyssean; haiku; The Manor Club Bulletin; correspondence regarding art exhibits. Newspaper clippings may be fragile, handle with care. |
14 | 11 | Claire Pratt Promotion—mailing list | [before 1995] | |
Literary materials and poetry notebooks | ||||
14 | 13 | “To Crawford on the occasion of his leaving...” | [before 1995] | Typed undated poem, probably by Claire Pratt, titled "To Crawford on the occasion of his leaving us for the green fields of matrimony" |
Box 23 | ||||
23 | Poetry booklets | 1975-1993 | Fourteen (14) booklets, majority handmade, containing haiku and poems by Claire Pratt, and quotations by other artists and figures, including: a Mother's Day card to Viola Pratt from Claire; a birthday booklet to Viola Pratt from Claire on her 90th birthday; a birthday greeting card from friends for Viola Pratt; copies of The Undertow by Claire Pratt (limited run book, nos. 1, 63, 96, 100); and Fragments of Gossamer by Olive Ottaway. Some booklets are fragile, handle with care. Additional copies of The Undertow are available through the UTL catalogue: http://go.utlib.ca/cat/2990857. | |
Box 25 | ||||
25 | 1 | Haiku by Claire Pratt | 1986-1994 | Haiku by Claire Pratt include: "The Dog Days" and "Black Heather"; drawings for haiku with photocopies and a list of the drawings; Mirrors, Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1988; a haiku alphabet in celebration of spring by LeRoy Gorman (1994). |
25 | 5 | Haiku by Claire Pratt | 1964-1987 | Includes published and unpublished haiku; haiku "The Darkness Branch or Silent Voices" and "Fallen Stars"; notes on the book The Breaking of Soft Grass; and newspaper clipping of article "Concision, Perception, Awareness—Haiku" by Cor van den Heuvel. Haiku poems: “The Darkness Branch or Silent Voices” and untitled haiku from 1983–86 by C. Pratt; newspaper clipping, “Concision, Perception—Haiku” by Cor van den Heuvel, 1987 1964-1987 |
25 | 6 | Haiku, my work | [before 1995] | Working copies of haiku by Claire Pratt with notes; undated. |
25 | 9 | Unpublished haiku by Claire Pratt | July 1992, October 1996 | Unpublished manuscript of collected haiku by Claire Pratt; note from Lila Laakso, Oct. 1996. |
25 | 11 | Haiku by Claire Pratt | [before 1995] | Printed and holograph copies of "Black Heather" Holograph copy fragile, handle with care. |
25 | 12 | Haiku Notebook | 1983-1987 | Includes envelope with haiku written on it |
Box 26 | ||||
Photographs | ||||
26 | 1 | Slides of wood engravings by Claire Pratt | 1969 | 32 photographs: 35 mm col. slides |
Woodblocks and engraved metal plates | ||||
26 | 2 | Woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock |
26 | 3 | “Lesbauch Tova” woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) woodblock, titled “Lesbauch Tova”. |
26 | 4 | Woodblocks | [before 1995] | Two (2) undated and unnamed woodblocks; one (1) uncut woodblock. |
26 | 5 | Woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides. |
26 | 6 | Woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides. |
26 | 7 | Woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides. |
Box 27 | ||||
Artwork by Claire Pratt | ||||
27 | 2 | Original woodcut prints | [before 1995] | Five (5) woodcut prints by Claire Pratt. |
27 | 3 | Original woodcut prints | [before 1995] | Seven (7) woodcut prints by Claire Pratt; originally glued on a board together. |
27 | 4 | Christmas woodcut prints | [before 1995] | Seven (7) Christmas woodcut prints by Claire Pratt; originally glued on a board together. |
Photographs | ||||
27 | 1 | Photographic “negatives” of Christmas woodcuts | [before 1995] | 4 photographs: various sized b&w negatives. |
27 | 1a | Photographic “negatives” of Christmas woodcuts | [before 1995] | 5 photographs: various sized b&w negatives. |
27 | 1b | Photographic “negatives” of woodcuts | [before 1995] | 20 photographs: various sized b&w negatives. |
Woodblocks and engraved metal plates | ||||
27 | 5 | “Twelve Days of Christmas” engraving | [196-?] | Metal engraving mounted on a woodblock. |
27 | 6 | “Holly and Ivy” engraving | [196-?] | Metal engraving mounted on a woodblock; includes copy of print. |
27 | 7 | “World of Friends” engraving | [before 1995] | Metal engraving mounted on a woodblock; facsimile of holograph of E.J. Pratt poem with Christmas illustration. |
27 | 8 | Woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides. |
27 | 9 | “Eldillia” woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) woodblock, “Eldillia.” |
27 | 10 | “Peace” woodblock | [before 1995] | One (1) woodblock, “Peace." |
27 | 11 | “Pearl” engraving | [before 1995] | Copper plate engraving. Ink may come off, handle with care. |
27 | 12 | Mounted copperplate engraving | [before 1995] | One (1) mounted copperplate engraving; undated and unnamed |
27 | 13 | Haiku engravings | 1965-[1995?] | Eight (8) Metal engravings mounted on a woodblocks, including typed titles and drawings related to printing her haiku. One piece is missing. |
27 | 14 | “Sere and Yellow Leaf” linocut | [before 1995] | One (1) linocut mounted on a woodblock. |
Box 28 | ||||
Artwork by Claire Pratt | ||||
28 | 13 | The Music of Oberon compiled and illustrated by Mildred Claire Pratt | 1975 | Miniature book; two (2) copies; one inscribed to her mother, Viola Pratt, from Claire. |
28 | 19 | Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field, illustrated by Claire Pratt | 1955 | Miniature booklet created by Claire Pratt; housed in decorative box. |
Box 31 | ||||
Literary materials and poetry notebooks | ||||
31 | 9 | Haiku by Claire Pratt set to music by Euphrosyne Keefer | 1971-1981 | Sheet music; Letter to Claire from Euphrosyne Keefer; list of haiku by Claire; 1 audio cassette of Haiku to music. |
Box 37 | ||||
Artwork by other artists | ||||
37 | 11 | Unknown Malte Sterner print of a lake scene | [between 1920 and 1949] | Originally filed with another Malte Sterner print and a letter from Watson Kirkconnell to Miss Pomeroy in Box 37. |
37 | 12 | Unknown Malte Sterner print of a lake scene | [between 1920 and 1949] | Originally filed with another Malte Sterner print and a letter from Watson Kirkconnell to Miss Pomeroy in Box 37. |
Records relating to Claire Pratt’s artwork | ||||
37 | 6-7 | Art sale records | 1953-1979 | File 6 contains records A-L and File 7 contains records M-Z. |
Box 38 | ||||
Artwork by other artists | ||||
38 | 30 | Painting by Edward Glannon | February 4, 1951 | Inscription on recto of small oil painting: To the author of The Roosevelt and the Antinoe, Newfoundland Verse, and The Titanic, from Henry W. Wells this small painting by Edward Glannon, Feb. 4, 1951; includes papers related to artist, Edward Glannon. |
38 | Portrait of my Father | 1962 | Note: On Art Wall | |
Artwork by Claire Pratt | ||||
38 | 27 | Sketchbook | [before 1995] | One (1) sketchbook containing sketches in pencil, ink, marker, and other materials by Claire Pratt; undated |
Literary materials and poetry notebooks | ||||
38 | 1 | Haiku poetry sequences | [before 1995] | |
Photographs | ||||
38 | 12 | My pictures | 1969 | Photo album of Claire Pratt's paintings; 1 album (1 photograph: b&w; 5 photographs: col.). |
Box 39 | ||||
Artwork by Claire Pratt | ||||
39 | 1 | Drift (woodcut) | 1965-1966 | 41/75 , 23/75 , and 5/75 matted together ; 2/75 ; 4/75 ; 6/75 ; 7/75 ; 8/75 ; 9/75 ; 10/75 ; 11/75 ; 12/75 ; 13/75 ; 14/75 ; 15/75 ; 17/75 ; 18/75 ; 19/75 ; 27/75 ; 29/75 ; 30/75 ; 33 / 75 ; 35/75 ; 36/75 ; 37/75 ; 38/75 ; 39/75 ; 46 /75 ; 47/75 ; 48/75 ; 49/75 ; 50/75 ; 51/75 ; 52/75 ; 53/75 ; 54/75 ; 55/75 ; 56/75 ; 57/75 ; 58/75 ; 62/75 ; 63/75 ; 64/75 ; 65/75 ; 66/75 ; 69/75 ; 70/75 ; 71/75 ; 72/75 ; 73/75 ; 74/75 ; 75/75; twenty-two (22) copies unnumbered and untitled; Draft: one (1) copy. All copies in various colours. |
39 | 2 | Was it spring? (woodcut) | 1961-1963 | 2/20 // 5/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12 // -10-; four (4) copies unnumbered; seven (7) copies black and white unnumbered and untitled; ten (10) copies brown and black unnumbered and untitled; twenty-five (25) copies shades of green unnumbered and untitled; thirty-seven (37) copies shades of gold unnumbered and untitled. Some copies with and without question mark. |
39 | 3 | Autumn harvest (linocut) | 1969 | Black and white: 2/20 ; 4/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/20; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/10 ; 20/20; Black, white and green: 1/12 ; 4/12 ; five (5) copies black and white unnumbered and untitled; fifteen (15) copies browns and reds unnumbered and untitled; seven (7) copies browns and greens unnumbered and untitled. |
39 | 4 | Summer stars (linocut) | 1961-1969 | 10/12 + 14/20 + 1/12 matted together; 2/20 ; 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20 ; 13/20 ; 15/20 ; 16/20 ; 18/20; reds and browns: 1/12 ; 3/ 12 ; 4/12 ; 5/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12; seven (7) copies black and white unnumbered and untitled and one (1) copy titled; six (6) copies blues unnumbered and untitled; eight (8) copies reds and brown unnumbered and untitled and one (1) copy titled; thirty-five (35) copies greens unnumbered and untitled; five (5) copies on yellow tissue paper unnumbered and untitled and one (1) copy titled; five (5) copies on gold and silver patterned paper unnumbered and untitled; two (2) copies on blue tissue paper unnumbered and untitled. Greens: 3/12 ; 4/12 ; 5/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 11/12. |
39 | 5 | Crocuses (linocut) | 1964 | Black and white: 1/15 ; 3/15 ; 4/15 ; 5/15 ; 6/15 ; 10/15 ; 15/15; fifteen (15) copies black and white unnumbered and untitled; four (4) copies black and white unnumbered. Yellow and green: 3/15 ; 9/15 ; 12/15 ; 13/15 ; 14/15; one (1) copy yellow and green unnumbered. Brown and green: 3/15 ; 7/15 ; 8/15 ; 14/15; three (3) copies brown and green unnumbered; one (1) copy brown and green unnumbered and untitled. Green tissue paper: 1/8 ; 5/8 ; 7/8 ; 8/8. One (1) copy yellow tissue paper unnumbered and untitled. |
39 | 6 | Juniper (linocut) | 1964 | Black and green: 1/16 ; 11/16 ; 3/16. Black and white: 1/10 ; 2/10 ; 4/10 ; 5/10 ; 7/10. White and black: 2/16 ; 3/16; 8/16 ; 9/16 ; 10/16 ; 11/16 ; 12/16 ; 13/16 ; 14/16 ; 15/16 ; 16/16. Black and white: 1/14 ; 2/14 ; 4/14 ; 5/14 ; 6/14 ; 7/14 ; 8/14 ; 9/14 ; 12/14 ; 13/14; one (1) copy black and white unnumbered. Green and yellow: 3/16; 4/16 ; 5/16 ; 12/16 ; 13/16 ; 16/16; thirteen (13) copies greens and yellows unnumbered and untitled; one (1) copy green tissue unnumbered and untitled; one (1) copy yellow tissue unnumbered and untitled; ten (10) copies black and white unnumbered and untitled. |
Box 40 | ||||
40 | 1 | Winter glory (woodcut) | 1961 | 4/20 ; 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/ 20 (matted) ; 16/20 ; 17/20 ; 4/12; five (5) copies black and white unnumbered and untitled; sixteen (16) copies gold and brown unnumbered and untitled; ninety-four (94) copies in green variants unnumbered and untitled. |
40 | 2 | Aftermath (reproduction) | 1969 | 8/18. |
40 | 3 | Lilies receding (woodcut) | 1967 | 1/20 ; 4/20 ; 6/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 11/20; 12/20 ; 14/20 ; 15/20 ; 16/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 ; 20/20; Artist’s proof: five (5) copies. |
40 | 4 | [no title] (woodcut) | [between 1950 and 1970] | One (1) copy unnumbered and undated woodcut of a house. |
40 | 5 | Pearl (Edition 2-10), Pearl (Edition 15), Shell (Edition 2-10) (etching) | 1953-1954 | Pearl (Edition 2-10): one (1) copy aquatint, one (1) copy black and white, and one (1) copy blue; Pearl (Edition 15): four (4) copies, fifteen (15) copies unnumbered and untitled; Shell (Edition 2-10): one (1) copy. |
40 | 6 | Night flight (woodcut) | 1967 | 2/12 ; 3/12 ; 4/12 ; 5/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12. |
40 | 7 | Peace, Peace (Edition 10) (woodcut) | 1953-1954 | Peace: two (2) copies unnumbered, one (1) copy matted, one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled.; Peace (Edition 10): one (1) copy. |
40 | 8 | Night (Edition 20) (linocut) | 1953 | Three (3) copies; five (5) copies unnumbered and untitled; untitled prints may be titled "Night" |
40 | 9 | The Sere and Yellow Leaf (linocut) | 1961 | Two (2) copies unnumbered; five (5) copies unnumbered and untitled ; seven (7) copies on tissue paper: 2, 3 (with notations), 5, 6. |
40 | 10 | Leshanah Tovah (woodcut) | 1961 | One (1) copy unnumbered; six (6) copies unnumbered and untitled in various colours; two (2) copies with Hebrew lettering. |
40 | 11 | Calm Waters (woodcut) | 1959 | One (1) copy unnumbered; seven (7) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
40 | 12 | Lilies Emerging (woodcut) | 1967 | 1/18; 2/18; 3/18; 9/18; 10/18 ; 11/18 ; 12/18; 13/18; 14/18; 15/18; 16/18; 17/18; 18/18; Artist’s proof: five (5) copies. |
40 | 13 | Dandelions, Dandelions no. 5 (woodcut) | 1959 | Dandelions no. 5: one (1) copy; Dandelions: ten (10) copies unnumbered. |
40 | 14 | Conch frieze, Conch frieze II (linocut) | 1969 | Conch frieze II: 1/6 ; 3/6 ; 4/6 ; 5/6 ; 6/6. Conch frieze: 2/50 ; 6/50 ; 7/50 ; 9/50 ; 11/50 ; 15/50 ; 17/50 ; 18/50 ; 19/50 ; 20/50 ; 22/50 ; 25/50 ; 26/50 ; 27/50 ; 28/ 50 ; 29/50 ; 30/50 ; 31/50 ; 32/50 ; 40/50 ; 42/50 ; 43/50 ; 45/50 ; 48/50. artist's print/proof: four (4) copies. twelve (12) copies unnumbered and untitled in various colours and states. |
40 | 15 | Arethusa (Edition15) (lithograph) | 1954 | Four (4) copies. |
40 | 16 | Interlude (woodcut) | 1967 | 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 9/20 ; 12/20; 13/20; 16/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 (matted); Artist’s proof: eight (8) copies. |
40 | 17 | Eldillion (linocut) | 1969 | 2/14 ; 3/14 ; 4/14 ; 5/14 ; 6/14 ; 7/14 ; 8/14 ; 9/14 ; 10/14 ; 11/14 ; 12/14; 13/14; 14/14; Artist’s proof: four (4) copies; fifteen (15) copies unnumbered and untitled. (Blacks, browns and greens). |
40 | 18 | Eldillion (linocut) | 1969 | 2/25 ; 3/25 ; 7/25 ; 8/25 ; 9/25 ; 10/25 ; 11/25 ; 12/25 ; 13/25 ; 14/25 ; 17/25 ; 18/25 ; 19/25 ; 20/25 ; 21/25 ; 22/25 ; 23/25 ; 24/25 ; 25/25; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled. (Reds, oranges and yellows). |
Box 41 | ||||
41 /OS | 1 | Gulls and the Sea (Edition 20) (woodcut) | 1954 | One (1) copy; one (1) negative. |
41 /OS | 2 | On the Twelfth Day of Christmas (lithograph) | [196-?] | Two (2) copies of poster; undated. |
41 /OS | 3 | Tiger Cowry (woodcut) | 1975 | 1/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 11/20 ; 12/20 ; 13/20; 14/20 ; 15/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 ; 20/20. |
41 /OS | 4 | Ebb Tide, Stonehurst, N.S. (woodcut) | 1963 | 9/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20 ; 15/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20; Artist’s proof: two (2) copies; two (2) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
41 /OS | 5 | Seashells (woodcut) | 1969 | 1/30 ; 3/30 ; 6/30 ; 7/30 ; 9/30 ; 11/30 ; 12/30 ; 13/30 ; 14/30 ; 15/30 ; 16/30 ; 17/30 ; 18/30 ; 19/30 ; 20/30 ; 21/30 ; 22/30 ; 23/30 ; 24/30 ; 25/30 ; 26/30 ; 27/30 ; 28/30 ; 29/30 ; 30/30; Artist’s print: two (2) copies; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies. |
41 /OS | 6 | Thin Clear Bubble (woodcut) | 1962 | 19/20 |
41 /OS | 7 | Willow in a Spring Rain (woodcut) | 1964 | Artist’s proof: two (2) copies; one (1) copy of original sketch. |
41 /OS | 8 | Eleven Shells (woodcut) | 1969 | 2/25 ; 3/25 ; 4/25 ; 5/25 ; 6/25 ; 7/25 ; 9/25 ; 10/25 ; 12/25 ; 13/25 ; 14/25 ; 15/25 ; 16/25 ; 17/25 ; 18/25 ; 19/25 ; 20/25 ; 21/25 ; 22/25 ; 23/25 ; 24/25 ; 25/25; Artist's print: five (5) copies; nine (9) copies unnumbered and untitled in various stages. |
41 /OS | 9 | Peony Shoots (woodcut) | 1964 | 3/12 ; 5/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12; 12/12; seventeen (17) copies unnumbered and untitled in various colours. |
41 /OS | 10 | Occultation of Venus, 1951 (woodcut) | 1961 | 5/15; 9/15; 10/15 ; 11/15 ; 13/15 ; 15/15; two (2) copies unnumbered. |
41 /OS | 11 | Island in the sun (third version), Island in the sun (woodcut) | 1966 | Island in the sun (third version): 2/4 ; 4/4; Island in the sun: 5/15; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies; four (4) copies unnumbered and untitled in various stages. |
41 /OS | 12 | The Clearing, no. 6 (woodcut) | 1963 | One (1) copy on green paper. |
41 /OS | 13 | Portrait of My Father (woodcut) | 1962 | 2/20 ; 3/20 ; 8/20; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy. |
41 /OS | 14 | Fishing Boats at Evening (woodcut) | 1961 | 14/18 ; 17/18. |
41 /OS | 15 | Expulsion from Eden (woodcut) | 1968 | 1/19 ; 2/19 ; 3/19 ; 5/19 ; 6/19 ; 7/19 ; 8/19 ; 10/19 ; 12/19 ; 13/19 ; 14/19 ; 15/19 ; 16/19 ; 17/19 ; 18/19 ; 19/19; four (4) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
41 /OS | 16 | Houses on Dundas Street (woodcut) | 1964 | 5/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12; Artist’s proof: two (2) copies. |
41 /OS | 17 | Baroque (woodcut) | 1967 | 1/18 ; 5/18 ; 17/18 ; 18/18; Artist’s proof: 5 copies; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled. |
41 /OS | 18 | Cone and Topshells (woodcut) | 1974 | 2/12 ; 6/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12. |
41 /OS | 19 | Topshells and Cone (woodcut) | 1974 | 1/12 ; 2/12 ; 3/12 ; 5/12 ; 6/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy. |
41 /OS | 20 | Geese in The Moonlight (lithograph) | 1961 | No. 11 |
Box 42 | ||||
42 /OS | 1 | Snow Crystals (linocut) | 1962 | 1/18 ; 3/18; one (1) original sketch. |
42 /OS | 2 | Winter Fantasy (woodcut) | 1962 | 1/20 ; 2/18 ; 6/18 ; 7/18 ; 8/18 ; 9/18 ; 11/18 ; 15/18 ; 16/18 ; 17/18; four (4) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
42 /OS | 3 | Treasures of the Whirlwind (woodcut) | 1962 | 1/20 ; 3/20 ; 4/20 ; 7/20 ; 11/20 ; 14/20 ; 16/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 20/20; one (1) original sketch. |
42 /OS | 4 | Flowers in a Summer Wind (woodcut) | 1961 | 13/20 ; 18/20; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy; one (1) original sketch. |
42 /OS | 5 | Moon Sprite (linocut) | 1963 | Different variations of Moon Sprite: Moon sprite (1): Black and white: 2/12; 9/12; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy. Moon sprite (2): Black and white: 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12; 12/12; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies. Moon sprite (3): Green and brown: 9/12; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy. Moon sprite (4): Blues and greens: 2/12 ; 3/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12; Artist’s proof: two (2) copies. |
42 /OS | 6 | The Way to Maracas (woodcut) | 1975 | 4/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20; 12/20 ; 13/20 ; 14/20 ; 15/20 ; 16/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 ; 20/20; 6 copies unnumbered and untitled. |
42 /OS | 7 | Jewels of the Night (woodcut) | 1962 | Different variations of Jewels of the Night: Jewels of the Night (no. 1): Black and white: 1/20 ; 2/20 ; 4/20; one (1) copy unnumbered; sixteen (16) copies unnumbered and untitled. Jewels of the Night (no. 2): Black, white and green: 1/20 ; 4/20 ; 6/20 ; 10/20 ; 16/20 ; 18/20; one (1) copy unnumbered. Jewels of the Night: black, white and blue: nine (9) copies unnumbered and untitled; one (1) original sketch. |
42 /OS | 8 | Sun on Waterlilies (linocut) | 1963 | 5/25 ; 7/25 ; 10/25 ; 12/25 ; 13/25 ; 14/25 ; 16/25 ; 17/25 ; 18/25 ; 21/25 ; 23/ 25 ; 24/25 ; 25/25; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies; one (1) original sketch. |
42 /OS | 9 | Some Fly (linocut) | 1969 | 4/20 ; 5/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 11/20 ; 12/20 ; 13/20 ; 14/20 ; 16/20 ; 20/20 (matted); Artist’s print: two (2) copies. |
42 /OS | 10 | Landscape with Sheep (woodcut) | 1962 | 1/24 ; 14/24 ; 18/24 ; 21/24 ; 23/34 ; 24/24. |
42 /OS | 11 | Tree of Life (woodcut) | 1963 | 6/20 ; 9/20 ; 11/20 ; 20/20; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled; one (1) original sketch. |
42 /OS | 12 | The Encounter (woodcut) | 1965 | 2/20 ; 13/20; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy. |
42 /OS | 13 | Winter Moon (woodcut) | 1961 | One (1) copy: -15-. |
42 /OS | 14 | The Ring (woodcut) | 1975 | 2/20 ; 3/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20 ; 12/ 20 ; 13/20 ; 14/20 ; 15/20 ; 16/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 ; 20/20; four (4) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
42 /OS | 15 | Jade Tree (woodcut) | 1975 | 2; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; 12; 14; 15; three (3) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
Box 43 | ||||
43 /OS | 1 | Miscellaneous sketches and artwork | [before 1995] | Ink drawings and sketches by Claire Pratt; some loose from original matte frames. |
43 /OS | 2 | Miscellaneous sketches and artwork | [before 1995] | Crayon, ink, charcoal, and pencil drawings and sketches. Fragile, handle with care; some paper fragile and crayon and charcoal rub off. |
43 /OS | 3 | Near Bowmanville | [194-] | Oil painting by Claire Pratt. |
Box 44 | ||||
44 /OS | 1 | Garden of Night (woodcut) | 1966 | 1/6 ; 2/6 ; 3/6 ; 4/6 ; 5/6; Artist’s proof: six (6) copies. |
44 /OS | 2 | Sea Cat (woodcut) | 1963 | 1/12 ; 2/12 ; 3/12 ; 4/12 ; 6/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies; one (1) original sketch. |
44 /OS | 3 | Red Garden (woodcut) | 1966 | 2/8 ; 4/8 ; 5/8 ; 7/8. |
44 /OS | 4 | Swaledale (woodcut) | 1971 | Eight (8) copies, seven (7) copies untitled; one (1) original sketch. |
44 /OS | 5 | Pine Tree (woodcut) | 1964 | 11; 12. |
44 /OS | 6 | Moon, Star and Forsythia (woodcut) | 1969 | 1/20 ; 3/20 ; 4/20 ; 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20 ; 12/20; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies. |
44 /OS | 7 | Dante and Beatrice (woodcut) | 1967 | 3/20 ; 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20 ; 12/20 ; 13/20 ; 14/20 ; 15/20 ; 16/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 ; 20/20; Artist’s proof: two (2) copies. |
44 /OS | 8 | The Face of Glory (woodcut) | 1963 | 1/20 ; 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 11/20 ; 13/20 ; 14/63 [should be /20] ; 15/20 ; 16/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 ; 20/20; four (4) copies unnumbered and untitled; one (1) original sketch. |
44 /OS | 9 | Snow (woodcut) | 1968 | 2/14 ; 3/14 ; 4/14 ; 5/14 ; 7/14 ; 8/14 ; 9/14 ; 10/14 ; 11/14 ; 12/14 ; 13/14 ; 14/14. |
44 /OS | 10 | Tom, The Cat from Zanzibar (lithograph) | 1960 | 10/12 ; 11/12; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy. Copy 10/12 fragile, handle with care. |
44 /OS | 11 | Water Witches (woodcut) | 1963 | 1/10 [encapsulated] ; 4/10 ; 5/10 ; 7/10 ; 8/10 ; 9/10; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies. |
44 /OS | 12 | Deep Calleth Unto Deep (woodcut) | 1962 | No. 1 ; No. 9 ; No. 10 ; No. 12 ; No. 13 ; No. 14 ; No. 15; thirteen (13) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
44 /OS | 13 | The Osprey (woodcut) | 1967 | Brown and gold: 4/10; Black and white: 4/13 ; 5/13 ; 9/13 ; 10/13 ; 11/13 ; 12/13; 13/13; five (5) copies unnumbered; Artist’s proof: five (5) copies in various colours; one (1) original sketch. |
44 /OS | 14 | The Lyre (woodcut) | 1974 | 1/20 ; 3/20 ; 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20 ; 20/20; five (5) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
44 /OS | 15 | William Lyon Mackenzie’s House (woodcut) | 1963 | 4/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 11/12; ten (10) copies unnumbered and untitled. |
44 /OS | 16 | Cat and Pearl (woodcut) | 1963 | 3/8 ; 8/8; Artist’s proof: four (4) copies. |
44 /OS | 17 | Aftermath (woodcut) | 1969 | 1/18 ; 2/18 ; 5/18 ; 6/18 ; 7/18 ; 10/18 ; 11/18 ; 12/18 ; 14/18 ; 16/18 ; 17/18 ; 18/18; Artist’s proof: two (2) copies. |
44 /OS | 18 | Swifts Over Lake (woodcut) | 1963 | 4/24 ; 6/24 ; 11/24 ; 12/24 ; 18/24 ; 19/24 ; 20/24 ; 21/24 ; 22/24. |
44 /OS | 19 | Queen Anne’s lace (lithograph) | 1960 | 1/12 ; 5/12 ; 7/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12; two (2) original sketches. Sketches fragile, handle with care. |
44 /OS | 20 | Columella (woodcut) | 1969 | 1/20 ; 4/20 ; 5/20 ; 6/20 ; 7/20 ; 8/20 ; 9/20 ; 10/20 ; 11/20 ; 12/20 ; 13/20 ; 14/20 ; 15/20 ; 16/20 ; 17/20 ; 18/20 ; 19/20 ; 20/20; eleven (11) copies unnumbered and untitled in various states; Artist’s proof: five (5) copies; Artist’s print: five (5) copies. |
Box 45 | ||||
45 /OS | 1 | A Great Innocence (woodcut) | 1964 | 1/12 (mounted) ; 4/12 ; 5/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled. |
Woodblocks and engraved metal plates | ||||
45 /OS | 1 | “A Great Innocence” woodblock | 1964 | One (1) woodblock, “A Great Innocence.” |
Box 46 | ||||
Records relating to Claire Pratt’s artwork | ||||
46 /OS | 1 | Artwork index | 1946-1975 | Notebook and typed pages indexing Claire Pratt's artwork; includes typed biography on Claire Pratt. |
46 /OS | 2 | Review of Haiku and Art price list | between 1965 and 1969] | Copy of book review of Haiku by Claire Pratt; typed price list of some of Claire Pratt's artwork, matted. |
46 /OS | 3 | Information relating to woodcut production | 1963 | Foldout matte frame explaining the woodcut production for Sun on Waterlilies; missing typed description for Step 3; includes list artworks at the "Exhibition of Woodcuts for the Art Institute of Ontario" taped on front cover. Fragile, woodcuts, descriptions, and matte frame loose. Handle with care. |
Box 47 | ||||
Artwork by other artists | ||||
47 /OS | 3 | Painting signed Richard W. Major / '31 | [1931?] | Painting with ink, chalk, and crayon; inscription on recto: Presented to me by Franklin McPowell as illustration of a poem named no. 6000 written by me. - E.J. Pratt" |
Woodblocks and engraved metal plates | ||||
47 /OS | Woodblocks | 1975, [196-?-197-?] | Two (2) woodblocks, one titled "“Jade Tree” and the other "Pine Tree". | |
2020.04 | ||||
2020.04, Box 1 | ||||
1 /OS | 1 | Jewels of the Night – aluminum printing plate | [n.d.] | Jewels of the Night printed on aluminum. An advertisement for Weiler Machines Ltd. is printed on the reverse. |
1 /OS | 2 | Magic in Everything – aluminum printing plate | [n.d.] | Claire Pratt’s illustrations for E.J. Pratt’s poem “Magic in Everything” printed on aluminum. |
1 /OS | 3 | Jewels of the Night negative | [n.d.] | Negative image used to create the aluminum plate. |
1 /OS | 4 | Magic in Everything negatives | [n.d.] | Negative images used to create the aluminum plate. |