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Catalogue entry
1913.22
Sketch for "Morning Cloud"
Fall 1913
Oil on canvas
7 x 9 15/16 in. (17.8 x 25.3 cm)
Provenance
Gordon and Doris Huestis Mills, Toronto, prior to 1941
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (70/368). Gift of Mrs. Doris Huestis Mills Spiers, Pickering, Ontario, 1971
Exhibition History
1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, lent by W. Gordon Mills.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 8, (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, 1972.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 12, (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, 2003.2004 St. Petersburg
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 7.Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 26 (repr.)Reid 1975
Reid. Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine. 5, Masterpieces in the National Gallery of Canada, The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa: 1975, pp. 7–9 (repr.)Farr 1981
Farr, Dorothy M. J.W. Beatty, 1869-1941. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1981.Zwicky 1986
Zwicky, J. Wittgenstein Elegies. Edmonton: Brick Books and Academic Printing and Publishing, and the University of Albert, 1986.Reid and Hill 2002
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. 121, 147, 164 (repr. col.)Remarks
The sketch was cleaned by Eduard Zukowski of the Art Gallery of Ontario in preparation for the Thomson show in 1971. Doris Spiers was convinced that Mr. Zukowski cleaned away a line of wild geese or ducks in the sky. Mr. Zukowski thought they were scratches. If there was a flight of geese or ducks in the sky, Thomson would have painted the sketch during the autumn.
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. ""Sketch for "Morning Cloud", Fall 1913 (1913.22)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=148 (accessed on May 3, 2025).