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1916.31
Sketch for "The West Wind"
Spring 1916
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
8 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.4 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., in red, TOM THOMSON
Inscription verso: l.l., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, 28 / (black) 2; c., in ink on blue bordered label, Dr James MacCallum; c., in ink on red bordered label, Original sketch of / West Wind
Inscription verso: l.l., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, 28 / (black) 2; c., in ink on blue bordered label, Dr James MacCallum; c., in ink on red bordered label, Original sketch of / West Wind
Provenance
Exhibition History
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1926, hors. cat.
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 81, lent by James M. MacCallum.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of J.S. McLean, February 23–March 24, 1952, no. 88, (repr.)
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Inaugural Exhibition, December 1953–January 1954, no. 52.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Comparisons: An Exhibition Organized by the Art Gallery of Toronto, January 11–February 3, 1957, no. 77.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Images for a Canadian Heritage, September 1966, no. 69, (repr. col.)
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The J.S. McLean Collection of Canadian Painting, September 19–October 20, 1968, no. 80, (repr.) Traveled to: Confederation Centre, Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, November 1–December 1, 1968; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, December 13, 1968–January 12, 1969; London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, January 24–February 23, 1969; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, March 7–April 6, 1969; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, April–May 18, 1969; Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 30–June 29, 1969; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July 5–September 13, 1969; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 23–October 26, 1969.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 66, (repr.) Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22–October 31, 1970.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 99, (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.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Modern Painting in Canada: A Survey of Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art, July 7–August 30, 1978. (repr. col).
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 98, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003; Musée du Québec, Quebec City, February 6–April 3, 2003; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 30–September 7, 2003; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 29–December 7, 2003.
Published References
Davies, Blodwen. A Study of Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man Who Looked for Beauty and for
Truth in the Wilderness. Toronto: The Discus Press, 1935, p. 104.
Bridle, Augustus. "Tom Thomson Show Attracts Hundreds." Toronto Daily Star, 15 March 1937.
Saunders, Audrey. Algonquin Story. Toronto: Department of Lands and Forests, 1947, pp. 173–74.
McLean, J.S. "On the Pleasures of Collecting Paintings." Canadian Art 10, no. 1 (autumn 1952), p. 7 (repr.)
Painting and Sculpture: Illustrations of Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the
Collection. Toronto: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1959, (repr. col frontispiece).
Hubbard, R.H. The Gallery of Canadian Art, 2 Tom Thomson. Toronto: Society For Art Publications and McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962, fig. 20 (repr.)
Davies, Blodwen. Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man Who Looked for Beauty and for Truth in the
Wilderness. Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1967, pp. 82–83.
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, pp. 51, 54–56 (repr.)
Mellen, Peter. The Group of Seven. Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1970, p. 212 (repr.)
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, p. 102.
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 85, 95 (repr.)
Addison, Ottelyn. Early Days in Algonquin Park. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1974, p. 124.
Lord, Barry. Painting in Canada: Towards a People's Art. Toronto: NC Press, 1974, p. 128 (repr.)
Reid. Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine. 5, Masterpieces in the National Gallery of Canada, The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa: 1975, pp. 18–20 (repr.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 174 (repr. col.)
Fenton, Terry and Karen Wilkin. Modern Painting in Canada: A Survey of Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art. Edmonton: Edmonton Art Gallery, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, p. 23 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. Northern Lights: Masterpieces of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1994, p. 76 (repr. col.)
Davis, Ann. Thomson, Thomas John (Tom). Vol. 14 1911-1920, Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, p. 998.
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 78–79 (repr. col.)
Reid, Dennis and Charles C. Hill. Tom Thomson. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 137, 253 (repr. col.), 328n62.
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 31, 74 (repr. col.)
Remarks
In a letter from Dr. J.M. MacCallum to Miss A.L. Beatty, Art Gallery of Toronto, 14 May 1937, Dr. MacCallum wrote that the sketch was done at Lake Cauchon. “Thomson, myself, Lorne Harris and his cousin Chester were up there,” Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Record last updated February 26, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Sketch for "The West Wind", Spring 1916 (1916.31)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=473 (accessed on May 1, 2024).