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© Art Gallery of Ontario
1915.108
Black Spruce and Maple
Fall 1915
Oil on wood panel
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., Tom Thomson
Inscription verso: in graphite, property of Lawren Harris; Not for sale; loaned by Lawren Harris
Inscription verso: in graphite, property of Lawren Harris; Not for sale; loaned by Lawren Harris
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Lawren Harris, Toronto, 1917?
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (863). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawren Harris, 1927
Exhibition History
1919 Thomson
Arts Club, Montreal, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tom Thomson, March 1, 1919, no. 19. Traveled to: Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March 25–April 12, 1919.1944 Rio de Janerio
Rio de Janerio, Brazil, Pintura Canadense Contemporanea, November 1944, no. 185.1954 VAG
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Group of Seven, March 29–April 25, 1954, no. 70.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 72, (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, 1972.1987 New York
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, Fifty Years of Canadian Landscape Painting: A Selection, April 3–May 2, 1987. (repr.)Published References
Davies 1967
Davies, Blodwen. Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man Who Looked for Beauty and for Truth in the
Wilderness. Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1967, page facing 56 (repr. col.)Bradfield 1970
Bradfield, Helen. Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Company of Canada Limited, 1970, p. 443.Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 40, 79 (repr.)Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 43 (repr. col.)Murray 1999b
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 56–57 (repr. col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 78–79 (repr. col.)Record last updated July 4, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Black Spruce and Maple, Fall 1915 (1915.108)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=388 (accessed on May 5, 2024).