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1915.14

Spring Thaw

Spring 1915

Oil on pressed paper board

8 9/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.7 x 26.9 cm)

Inscriptions verso: l., (28) 7/68 Blair Laing 30 Linen; u.r., University Club, Toronto; l.c., AGO 1971; l.l., label, Thomson 1977; u.l., label, Jerrold Morris Gallery

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (99/31)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Mrs. Norah de Pencier, Owen Sound

Mrs. E.J. Peek-Philpott, Vancouver, by descent

Laing Galleries, Toronto, 1968

Jerrold Morris Gallery, Toronto

Jennings David Young, Toronto

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (99/31). Gift of the Estate of Jennings David Young, Toronto, 1999

Exhibition History

1971 Thomson

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 120, (repr.) as 1917. 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.

1977 Thomson

Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 29, as c. 1916.

1986 McMaster

McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Small Landscapes by the Group of Seven from the Collection of Mr. Jennings Young, February 23–March 16, 1986, no. 18.

Published References

Murray 1971

Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 49, 90 (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. ""Spring Thaw, Spring 1915 (1915.14)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=293 (accessed on June 8, 2025).