Demo Gridspec05

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec


def make_ticklabels_invisible(fig):
    for i, ax in enumerate(fig.axes):
        ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "ax%d" % (i+1), va="center", ha="center")
        ax.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)


f = plt.figure()

gs = gridspec.GridSpec(2, 2,
                       width_ratios=[1, 2], height_ratios=[4, 1])

ax1 = plt.subplot(gs[0])
ax2 = plt.subplot(gs[1])
ax3 = plt.subplot(gs[2])
ax4 = plt.subplot(gs[3])

make_ticklabels_invisible(f)
plt.show()