global figure handler

Hello, Is there a global figure handler, something like

_pylab_helpers.Gcf

    > pylab.get_all_figures()

    > that returns an array of figure instances? Right now I'm
    > just using wx.GetTopLevelWindows()[n].canvas.figure

import _pylab_helpers
figures = [manager.canvas.figure for manager in _pylab_helpers.Gcf.get_all_fig_managers()]

JDH