1915.29
Moonlight and Birches
Spring 1915
Oil on wood panel
8 11/16 x 10 9/16 in. (22 x 26.9 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, 6 (circled); u.l., in red crayon, #2; u.c., in graphite, HARKNESS; in ink, TOM / THOMSON / MRS. H.P. DEPENCIER; u.r., in graphite, - / OS; l.l., in ink, 255 Gift of 1966.2.5 / Norah de Pencier
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Group of Seven: Canadian Landscape Painters, January 22–February 20, 1977, no. 6, (rep.col.)
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 20, Pl. 16 (repr. col.) Traveled to: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, January 29–May 13, 2012; The Groninger Museum, Groninger, the Netherlands, June 3–October 28, 2012.
Published References
Duval, Paul. The McMichael Conservation Collection: A Catalogue of Outstanding Work by Tom
Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1967, as 1917 (repr.)
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, as 1916–17 (repr.)
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 23, 171 (repr. col.)
p. 22 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 48–49 (repr. col.)
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83 (repr. col.)
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. ""Moonlight and Birches, Spring 1915 (1915.29)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=308 (accessed on May 1, 2025).