Lot 75: Christopher Pratt 1935 - Canadian graphite and

Christopher Pratt 1935 - Canadian graphite and coloured pencil on paper Portrait of a Young Woman 13 1/4 x 15 inches 33.7 x 38.1 centimeters signed and dated September 1979 Provenance:Collection of the Artist Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto Collection of John Morris, Toronto Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary Private Collection, Vancouver This work portrays Christopher Pratt's well-known model Donna. She posed for Pratt in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he continued to be inspired by her for more than a decade after her departure. Pratt experimented with a more fluid drawing style in the early 1970s, which resulted in a series of refined and powerful drawings of his favourite muse.