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Catalogue entry
1915.27
Birches: Sketch for "The Birch Grove, Autumn"
Alternate title: Birches
Spring 1915
Oil on wood
8 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.5 x 26.9 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite 5 (circled); u.l., in graphite, Birches / Tom Thomson / 25.00; u.r., in graphite, 1913 (4 over 3) 1914 (both crossed out); c., in graphite, 2; b.c., in graphite, upside down 47; label, in ink, AGT, Dec. 1934 / Hon. Vincent Massey / and in graphite 6 (circled)
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite 5 (circled); u.l., in graphite, Birches / Tom Thomson / 25.00; u.r., in graphite, 1913 (4 over 3) 1914 (both crossed out); c., in graphite, 2; b.c., in graphite, upside down 47; label, in ink, AGT, Dec. 1934 / Hon. Vincent Massey / and in graphite 6 (circled)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Vincent Massey, Toronto
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (15554). Bequest of Vincent Massey, 1968
Exhibition History
1915 Halifax
Fine Arts Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition, September 8–16, 1915, no. 185.1926 AGT Canadian
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1926, no. 69.1934 Massey
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Contemporary Paintings by Artists of the United States, Canadian Paint¬ings, the Collection of Hon. Vincent and Mrs. Massey, and in the Print Room Scissor Cuts by René Kulbach, December 1934, no. 195, or 198.1968 Massey
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Vincent Massey Bequest: The Canadian Paintings, September 20–October 20, 1968, no. 87.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 24, (repr.) as probably fall 1914. 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. 34, 69 (repr.)Reid and Hill 2002
Reid, Dennis and Charles C. Hill. Tom Thomson. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 134 (repr.), 314.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. ""Birches: Sketch for "The Birch Grove, Autumn", Spring 1915 (1915.27)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=306 (accessed on May 1, 2025).