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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

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1966.2.5)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound

Norah de Pencier, Owen Sound

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1966.2.5). Gift of Norah (Mrs. H.P.) de Pencier, Owen Sound, 1968

Exhibition History

1977 McMichael

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Group of Seven: Canadian Landscape Painters, January 22–February 20, 1977, no. 6, (rep.col.)

2011 Dulwich

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 1967

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 1970

Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, as 1916–17 (repr.)

Duval 1973

Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 23, 171 (repr. col.)

McMichael 1983

p. 22 (repr. col.)

Murray 1999b

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 48–49 (repr. col.)

Dejardin 2011

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).