Art and Poetry

Title: Art and Poetry
Dates of Material:
[1920]-1996
Extent:
23.6 cm of textual records
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
Scope and content

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.

NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title

Title based on contents of the series.

Extent

The series is contained in 27 boxes.

Finding aids

File list available (see below).

BOX FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Artwork by other artists
11 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.

12 Scrapbook of works by various artists1937-1976

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.

 

13 Scrapbook of works by various artists1946-1984

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.

14 Scrapbook of works by various artists1951-1974

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
21–4Cards to Claire Pratt done by friends1949-1993

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
36 Sale of art works record books1955-1992

Two (2) books recording sale of art works; includes announcement broadside for opening of "Prints by Claire Pratt"

37 Claire Pratt's artist’s notebook1953-1969

Includes records of sale, collection of poems, lists of friends and colleagues; and biographies of notable artists through history.

Artwork by Claire Pratt
32 Designs by Claire Pratt1953-1986

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.

35 Sketches by Claire1945-1946

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.

 

Photographs
31 Photo reproductions of Claire Pratt's works1947-1983

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
41 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.

42–8Paintings 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
51–13Sketchbooks[before 1995]

Thirteen (13) sketchbooks containing sketches in ink, pencil, colour, and charcoal and some paintings done by Claire Pratt.

Box 6
61 Engravings by Claire Pratt1949-1962

Originally housed in accompanying red album

62 Engravings by Claire Pratt1963-1986

Twenty-four (24) engravings and six (6) pen drawings.

Box 7
Literary materials and poetry notebooks
72-3Haiku by Claire Pratt1966-1987

Five (5) notebooks containing haiku composed by Claire Pratt; File 2 contains one (1) notebook of haiku collected by Claire.

 

74-5Poetry notebooks1966-1990

Four (4) notebooks of poetry by Claire Pratt; File 5 includes loose papers with poetry; one notebook includes loose blank postcard

 

Box 10
Artwork by other artists
103 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
105 My First and Last Recitation[before 1995]

Undated typed poem possibly by Claire Pratt.

Box 14
Records relating to Claire Pratt’s artwork
149 Publicity1947-1988

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.

1411 Claire Pratt Promotion—mailing list[before 1995]
Literary materials and poetry notebooks
1413 “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 booklets1975-1993

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
251 Haiku by Claire Pratt1986-1994

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).

255 Haiku by Claire Pratt1964-1987

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

256 Haiku, my work[before 1995]

Working copies of haiku by Claire Pratt with notes; undated.

259 Unpublished haiku by Claire PrattJuly 1992, October 1996

Unpublished manuscript of collected haiku by Claire Pratt; note from Lila Laakso, Oct. 1996.

2511Haiku by Claire Pratt [before 1995]

Printed and holograph copies of "Black Heather"

Holograph copy fragile, handle with care.

2512Haiku Notebook1983-1987

 Includes envelope with haiku written on it

Box 26
Photographs
261 Slides of wood engravings by Claire Pratt1969

32 photographs: 35 mm col. slides

Woodblocks and engraved metal plates
262 Woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock

263 “Lesbauch Tova” woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) woodblock, titled “Lesbauch Tova”.

264 Woodblocks[before 1995]

Two (2) undated and unnamed woodblocks; one (1) uncut woodblock.

265 Woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides.

266 Woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides.

267 Woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides.

Box 27
Artwork by Claire Pratt
272 Original woodcut prints[before 1995]

Five (5) woodcut prints by Claire Pratt.

273 Original woodcut prints[before 1995]

Seven (7) woodcut prints by Claire Pratt; originally glued on a board together.

274 Christmas woodcut prints [before 1995]

Seven (7) Christmas woodcut prints by Claire Pratt; originally glued on a board together.

Photographs
271 Photographic “negatives” of Christmas woodcuts[before 1995]

4 photographs: various sized b&w negatives.

271aPhotographic “negatives” of Christmas woodcuts[before 1995]

5 photographs: various sized b&w negatives.

271bPhotographic “negatives” of woodcuts[before 1995]

20 photographs: various sized b&w negatives.

Woodblocks and engraved metal plates
275 “Twelve Days of Christmas” engraving[196-?]

Metal engraving mounted on a woodblock.

276 “Holly and Ivy” engraving[196-?]

Metal engraving mounted on a woodblock; includes copy of print.

277 “World of Friends” engraving[before 1995]

Metal engraving mounted on a woodblock; facsimile of holograph of E.J. Pratt poem with Christmas illustration.

278 Woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) undated and unnamed woodblock, cut on both sides.

279 “Eldillia” woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) woodblock, “Eldillia.”

2710 “Peace” woodblock[before 1995]

One (1) woodblock, “Peace."

2711 “Pearl” engraving [before 1995]

Copper plate engraving.

Ink may come off, handle with care.

2712 Mounted copperplate engraving[before 1995]

One (1) mounted copperplate engraving; undated and unnamed

2713 Haiku engravings1965-[1995?]

Eight (8) Metal engravings mounted on a woodblocks, including typed titles and drawings related to printing her haiku.

One piece is missing.

2714 “Sere and Yellow Leaf” linocut[before 1995]

One (1) linocut mounted on a woodblock.

Box 28
Artwork by Claire Pratt
2813 The Music of Oberon compiled and illustrated by Mildred Claire Pratt1975

Miniature book; two (2) copies; one inscribed to her mother, Viola Pratt, from Claire.

2819 Wynken, Blynken and Nod by Eugene Field, illustrated by Claire Pratt1955

Miniature booklet created by Claire Pratt; housed in decorative box.

Box 31
Literary materials and poetry notebooks
319 Haiku by Claire Pratt set to music by Euphrosyne Keefer1971-1981

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
3711Unknown 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.

3712Unknown 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
376-7Art sale records 1953-1979

File 6 contains records A-L and File 7 contains records M-Z.

Box 38
Artwork by other artists
3830Painting by Edward GlannonFebruary 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 Father1962

Note: On Art Wall

Artwork by Claire Pratt
3827Sketchbook[before 1995]

One (1) sketchbook containing sketches in pencil, ink, marker, and other materials by Claire Pratt; undated

Literary materials and poetry notebooks
381 Haiku poetry sequences[before 1995]
Photographs
3812 My pictures1969

Photo album of Claire Pratt's paintings; 1 album (1 photograph: b&w; 5 photographs: col.).

Box 39
Artwork by Claire Pratt
391Drift (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.

392Was 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.

393Autumn 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.

394Summer 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.

395Crocuses (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.

396Juniper (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
401Winter 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.

402Aftermath (reproduction)1969

8/18.

403Lilies 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.

404[no title] (woodcut)[between 1950 and 1970]

One (1) copy unnumbered and undated woodcut of a house.

405Pearl (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.

406Night flight (woodcut)1967

2/12 ; 3/12 ; 4/12 ; 5/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12.

407Peace, 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.

408Night (Edition 20) (linocut)1953

Three (3) copies; five (5) copies unnumbered and untitled; untitled prints may be titled "Night"

409The 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.

4010Leshanah Tovah (woodcut)1961

One (1) copy unnumbered; six (6) copies unnumbered and untitled in various colours; two (2) copies with Hebrew lettering.

4011Calm Waters (woodcut)1959

One (1) copy unnumbered; seven (7) copies unnumbered and untitled.

4012Lilies 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.

4013Dandelions, Dandelions no. 5 (woodcut)1959

Dandelions no. 5: one (1) copy; Dandelions: ten (10) copies unnumbered.

4014 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.

4015Arethusa (Edition15) (lithograph)1954

Four (4) copies.

4016Interlude (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.

4017Eldillion (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).

4018Eldillion (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 /OS1Gulls and the Sea (Edition 20) (woodcut)1954

One (1) copy; one (1) negative.

41 /OS2On the Twelfth Day of Christmas (lithograph)[196-?]

Two (2) copies of poster; undated.

41 /OS3Tiger 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 /OS4Ebb 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 /OS5Seashells (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 /OS6Thin Clear Bubble (woodcut)1962

19/20

41 /OS7Willow in a Spring Rain (woodcut)1964

Artist’s proof: two (2) copies; one (1) copy of original sketch.

41 /OS8Eleven 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 /OS9Peony 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 /OS10Occultation of Venus, 1951 (woodcut)1961

5/15; 9/15; 10/15 ; 11/15 ; 13/15 ; 15/15; two (2) copies unnumbered.

41 /OS11Island 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 /OS12The Clearing, no. 6 (woodcut)1963

One (1) copy on green paper.

41 /OS13Portrait of My Father (woodcut)1962

2/20 ; 3/20 ; 8/20; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy.

41 /OS14Fishing Boats at Evening (woodcut)1961

14/18 ; 17/18.

41 /OS15Expulsion 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 /OS16Houses on Dundas Street (woodcut)1964

5/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12; Artist’s proof: two (2) copies.

41 /OS17Baroque (woodcut)1967

1/18 ; 5/18 ; 17/18 ; 18/18; Artist’s proof: 5 copies; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled.

41 /OS18Cone and Topshells (woodcut)1974

2/12 ; 6/12 ; 8/12 ; 9/12 ; 10/12 ; 11/12 ; 12/12.

41 /OS19Topshells 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 /OS20Geese in The Moonlight (lithograph)1961

No. 11

Box 42
42 /OS1Snow Crystals (linocut)1962

1/18 ; 3/18; one (1) original sketch.

42 /OS2Winter 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 /OS3Treasures 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 /OS4Flowers in a Summer Wind (woodcut)1961

13/20 ; 18/20; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy; one (1) original sketch.

42 /OS5Moon 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 /OS6The 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 /OS7Jewels 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 /OS8Sun 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 /OS9Some 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 /OS10Landscape with Sheep (woodcut)1962

1/24 ; 14/24 ; 18/24 ; 21/24 ; 23/34 ; 24/24.

42 /OS11Tree of Life (woodcut)1963

6/20 ; 9/20 ; 11/20 ; 20/20; one (1) copy unnumbered and untitled; one (1) original sketch.

42 /OS12The Encounter (woodcut)1965

2/20 ; 13/20; Artist’s proof: one (1) copy.

42 /OS13Winter Moon (woodcut)1961

One (1) copy: -15-.

42 /OS14The 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 /OS15Jade Tree (woodcut)1975

2; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; 12; 14; 15; three (3) copies unnumbered and untitled.

Box 43
43 /OS1Miscellaneous sketches and artwork[before 1995]

Ink drawings and sketches by Claire Pratt; some loose from original matte frames.

43 /OS2Miscellaneous 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 /OS3Near Bowmanville[194-]

Oil painting by Claire Pratt.

Box 44
44 /OS1Garden of Night (woodcut)1966

1/6 ; 2/6 ; 3/6 ; 4/6 ; 5/6; Artist’s proof: six (6) copies.

44 /OS2Sea 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 /OS3Red Garden (woodcut)1966

2/8 ; 4/8 ; 5/8 ; 7/8.

44 /OS4Swaledale (woodcut)1971

Eight (8) copies, seven (7) copies untitled; one (1) original sketch.

44 /OS5Pine Tree (woodcut)1964

11; 12.

44 /OS6Moon, 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 /OS7Dante 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 /OS8The 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 /OS9Snow (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 /OS10Tom, 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 /OS11Water Witches (woodcut)1963

1/10 [encapsulated] ; 4/10 ; 5/10 ; 7/10 ; 8/10 ; 9/10; Artist’s proof: three (3) copies.

44 /OS12Deep 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 /OS13The 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 /OS14The 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 /OS15William Lyon Mackenzie’s House (woodcut)1963

4/12 ; 6/12 ; 7/12 ; 8/12 ; 11/12; ten (10) copies unnumbered and untitled.

44 /OS16Cat and Pearl (woodcut)1963

3/8 ; 8/8; Artist’s proof: four (4) copies.

44 /OS17Aftermath (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 /OS18Swifts Over Lake (woodcut)1963

4/24 ; 6/24 ; 11/24 ; 12/24 ; 18/24 ; 19/24 ; 20/24 ; 21/24 ; 22/24.

44 /OS19Queen 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 /OS20Columella (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 /OS1A 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 /OS1“A Great Innocence” woodblock1964

One (1) woodblock, “A Great Innocence.”

Box 46
Records relating to Claire Pratt’s artwork
46 /OS1Artwork index1946-1975

Notebook and typed pages indexing Claire Pratt's artwork; includes typed biography on Claire Pratt.

46 /OS2Review of Haiku and Art price listbetween 1965 and 1969]

Copy of book review of Haiku by Claire Pratt; typed price list of some of Claire Pratt's artwork, matted.

46 /OS3Information relating to woodcut production1963

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 /OS3Painting 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 /OSWoodblocks1975, [196-?-197-?]

Two (2) woodblocks, one titled "“Jade Tree” and the other "Pine Tree".

2020.04
2020.04, Box 1
1 /OS1Jewels 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 /OS2Magic in Everything – aluminum printing plate[n.d.]

Claire Pratt’s illustrations for E.J. Pratt’s poem “Magic in Everything” printed on aluminum.

1 /OS3Jewels of the Night negative[n.d.]

Negative image used to create the aluminum plate.

1 /OS4Magic in Everything negatives[n.d.]

Negative images used to create the aluminum plate.