1915.10
Silver Birches, Snow
Spring 1915
Oil on wood
8 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (22.1 x 27 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, 52; c.l., in graphite, 1915; c.r., in graphite, 1915; t.c., in graphite, Silver Birches Snow; u.m., in black crayon above stamp, Sketch #29; l.r., in graphite, No 153 Mrs. Harkness; b.r., in black marker, 39003/ R3
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, 52; c.l., in graphite, 1915; c.r., in graphite, 1915; t.c., in graphite, Silver Birches Snow; u.m., in black crayon above stamp, Sketch #29; l.r., in graphite, No 153 Mrs. Harkness; b.r., in black marker, 39003/ R3
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection, Montreal
Private collection, Toronto
Private collection
Exhibition History
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, as one of ten sketches, lent by H.S. Southam.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Paintings Lent by H.S. Southam, May 27–July 2, 1944, no. 79.
Remarks
The work appears in the installation photograph of Southam 44 (Library and Archives, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa). Another title (from a slide in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario) was Winter Grove.
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. ""Silver Birches, Snow, Spring 1915 (1915.10)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=289 (accessed on May 24, 2025).