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Catalogue entry
Michelle Wilson
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1915.60
Wild Flowers
Alternate title: Wildflowers
Summer 1915
Oil on composite wood-pulp board (Academy Board)
8 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (21.7 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.c., in graphite, Wild flowers; u.r., in graphite, Tom Thomson; c., in black crayon, 28; u.l., in graphite, 9 (circled); (1970) in graphite, design
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.c., in graphite, Wild flowers; u.r., in graphite, Tom Thomson; c., in black crayon, 28; u.l., in graphite, 9 (circled); (1970) in graphite, design
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Louise Thomson Henry (Mrs. J.G.), Guernsey and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (967.059). Gift of Mrs. J.G. Henry, Saskatoon, 1967
Exhibition History
1927 Saskatoon
Nutana Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 11–12, 1927.1968 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. 29.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 60, (repr.) 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, 1972.1977 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. 42.1998 Algonquin
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Algonquin Gallery, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, Algonquin Memories: Tom Thomson in Algonquin Park, June 25–October 25, 1998, no. 6, (repr. col.)2002–03 AGW
Art Gallery of Windsor, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Flower: The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, November 9, 2002–January 19, 2003.Published References
Sun Times 1967
"Valuable Tom Thomson Works are Presented to Gallery by His Sister." Sun Times (Owen Sound), 23 October 1967.Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 38, 77 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 111 as Wildflowers (repr. col.)Murray 2002
Murray, Joan. Flowers: J.E.H MacDonald, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2002, pp. 108–109 (repr. col.)Silcox 2003
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, p. 82 (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. ""Wild Flowers, Summer 1915 (1915.60)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=339 (accessed on May 1, 2025).