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1914.76

Nocturne

Fall 1914

Oil on wood

8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)

Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp

Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; in graphite, c.l., Nocturne 1914; u., Bought from Mellors-Laing. Tom Thomson / Cleaned and reframed 1941 (on label, now removed?); in pen, l.l., T-T-11.; in graphite, l.r., 80 M. Thomson (crossed out with black crayon); #7; l.l., in black crayon, Sketch #7

Art Gallery of Windsor (88.26)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Mellors-Laing Gallery, Toronto

E. Margaret Bowlby, Windsor, 1941

Art Gallery of Windsor (88.26). Bequest of Miss Margaret Bowlby, 1988

Exhibition History

1939 Thomson

Mellors Galleries, Toronto, Exhibition of the Work of Tom Thomson and J.E.H. MacDonald, February 1–18, 1939, no. 45.

1957 Thomson Windsor

Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 46.

1971 Thomson

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 30, ill. in b/w. 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. 35, 70 (repr.)

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. ""Nocturne, Fall 1914 (1914.76)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=250 (accessed on May 1, 2025).