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1915.34

Burnt Country

Alternate title: Burned Land

Spring 1915

Oil on composite wood-pulp board

8 7/16 x 10 7/16 in. (21.5 x 26.5 cm)

Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; in graphite, Burnt Country; in ink, I certify that this paint / is an original painting / & painted by Tom Thomson (signed Geo Thomson)

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (967.031)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Purchased from the Thomson Estate by the Lyceum Club and Women's Art Association, Owen Sound, 1927

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (967.031). Gift of the Lyceum Club and Women's Art Association, 1967

Exhibition History

1968 Owen Sound

Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, First Anniversary Exhibition, May 24–June 9, 1968, no. 8.

1969 Thomson

Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 24, as Burned Land.

Published References

Town & Silcox 1977

Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 115 (repr. col.) as Spring [sic].

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. ""Burnt Country, Spring 1915 (1915.34)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=313 (accessed on May 4, 2024).