1905.09
Sketches
Alternate titles: Early Miniatures; Early Miniatures?
c.1905–11
Graphite on paper
9 works:
Goats and Geese, 15.5 x 9.7 cm (967.016)
Robin, 12.5 x 8.5 cm (967.017)
Two Women and a Girl, 15.0 x 9.7 cm (967.018)
Woman with Broom, 15.0 x 9.7 cm (967.019)
Two Old Men, 13.5 x 9.5 cm (967.020)
Boy (Self-Portrait?), 15.5 x 9.5 cm (967.021)
Woman Writing (possibly Mrs. W.A. Gordon, wife of Minister of Mines, Immigration & Labour of the Bennett Government, information from Jessie Fisk, Owen Sound), 10.7 x 9.5 cm (967.022)
Woman Wearing a Hat, 12.3 x 10.0 cm (967.023)
Study of a Face, 11.5 x 9.7 cm (967.024)
Goats and Geese, 15.5 x 9.7 cm (967.016)
Robin, 12.5 x 8.5 cm (967.017)
Two Women and a Girl, 15.0 x 9.7 cm (967.018)
Woman with Broom, 15.0 x 9.7 cm (967.019)
Two Old Men, 13.5 x 9.5 cm (967.020)
Boy (Self-Portrait?), 15.5 x 9.5 cm (967.021)
Woman Writing (possibly Mrs. W.A. Gordon, wife of Minister of Mines, Immigration & Labour of the Bennett Government, information from Jessie Fisk, Owen Sound), 10.7 x 9.5 cm (967.022)
Woman Wearing a Hat, 12.3 x 10.0 cm (967.023)
Study of a Face, 11.5 x 9.7 cm (967.024)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, May 27–June 11, 1967, no. 19, as Early Miniatures?
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, First Anniversary Exhibition, May 24–June 9, 1968, no. 8.
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 36.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 1, (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.
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 37.
Published References
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 12, 65 fig. 1 (repr.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 214 (repr.)
Additional images
Record last updated March 9, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Sketches, c.1905–11 (1905.09)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=22 (accessed on May 2, 2025).