Frances Pratt

pen-and-ink drawings of ceramic figures from preclassic mexico, ca. 1500 bc-300 ad. this collection of drawings were reproduced in the book, ceramic figures of ancient mexico (graz, austria: akademische druck

35.5 x 28 cm

Jun 18, 2020 • Christie's

pen-and-ink drawings by frances pratt, one of the great modern illustrators of mesoamerican art. frances pratt, a native of new jersey, studied art at the new york school of applied design for women and the arts students league in the 1930s. for much of her career pratt was a private dealer of pre-columbian art, and starting in 1967 she collaborated with carlo t.e. gay on several books on ancient mexican art, providing hundreds of her meticulous, sympathetic illustrations. the first of these collaborations was mezcala stone sculpture: the human figure (new york: museum of primitive art

28 x 10.8 cm

Jun 18, 2020 • Christie's

pen-and-ink drawings for pratt and gay’s book on the art of ancient chalcatzingo in morelos, mexico. chalcatzingo, a mesoamerican archaeological site in the central highlands of mexico, thrived between 700 bce and 500 bce and left behind numerous examples of olmec-style monumental art and architecture. pratt’s drawings for chalcacingo (graz, austria: akademische druck

40.7 x 33.6 cm

Jun 18, 2020 • Christie's

encaustic on masonite

50.8 x 60.96 cm

Sep 14, 2007 • Sloans & Kenyon