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Michelle Wilson
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1902.03
Self-Portrait ("After a Day in Tacoma")
c.1902
Watercolour on paper (fiber product)
8 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (22.5 x 13.7 cm)
Inscription verso: After a Day in Tacoma / Tom Thomson; on grey paper backing, in ball point pen, He was working for my father / C.C. Maring at this time / This is a portrait of / Tom Thomson as I / knew him in Seattle - 1903 [5?] Edith M. Willey; on verso of card of dancing girl from Edith Maring Willey's autograph book, Tom Thomson / June 30 / 02 (in script)
Provenance
Francette P. Maring, Seattle
Edith Maring Willey, Seattle, 1905
Private collection, Toronto
Tom Thomson Art Gallery (988.011.002). On permanent loan from the Ontario Heritage Foundation from an anonymous donor, 1971
Exhibition History
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. 63.Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 9 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 18 (repr.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 49 (repr.)Grace 2004
Grace, Sherrill E. Inventing Tom Thomson: From Biographical Fictions to Fictional Autobiographies and Reproductions. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004, frontispiece Plate 1 (repr. col.)Remarks
On the original paper label, Willey recorded the date as “about 1902.”
Record last updated March 28, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Self-Portrait ("After a Day in Tacoma"), c.1902 (1902.03)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=3 (accessed on May 1, 2025).