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1914.70
White Birches
Fall 1914
Oil on wood
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., Tom Thomson (incised)

Inscription verso: u. m., in graphite, To Mr. and Mrs Cousins from Tom Thomson
Provenance
Gift from the artist to Mr. & Mrs. Garnet Cousins on the occasion of their wedding in 1915
Mrs. Garnet Cousins, Detroit
Dr. and Mrs. Clare S. Sanborn, Windsor, 1949
Art Gallery of Windsor (68.47). Gift of Dr. Clare S. Sanborn, Windsor, 1968
Exhibition History
1957 Thomson London
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 40.
1957 Thomson Windsor
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 43.
1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 23, (repr.) Traveled to: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 15–February 3, 1972; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 25–March 31, 1972; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, April 14–May 28, 1972; Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 2–September 5, 1972.
Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 34, 69 (repr.)
Oates 1976
Oates, Joyce Carol. Crossing the Border. New York: Vanguard Press, Inc., 1976, pp. 173–174.
Record last updated March 3, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""White Birches, Fall 1914 (1914.70)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=244 (accessed on April 18, 2024).