Mary Pratt's Geisha in Training, Small

A striking large-format work, *Geisha in Training* arrives framed in silver-finished wood, its presence commanding the wall with a verticality — sixty inches of height against thirty-nine of width — that lends it the authority of a architectural element rather than mere adornment. The canvas carries the quiet cultural gravitas of its subject, a figure suspended in ceremony and becoming, rendered at a scale that rewards prolonged contemplation. From the John Richard collection, it speaks to the collector who understands that great art and great interiors are, ultimately, the same conversation.