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1915.61
Pink Birches
Alternate title: Pink Birches and a Lake
Summer 1915
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in ink, J.S. Lawson; u.l., in graphite, NG / 1915 [5 over 6] AUG?; c., in graphite, 7
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in ink, J.S. Lawson; u.l., in graphite, NG / 1915 [5 over 6] AUG?; c., in graphite, 7
Private collection, Toronto
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Mellors Fine Arts, Toronto?
J.S. Lawson, Toronto, by 1937
Mellors-Laing Galleries, Toronto
Mrs. D.R. Doig, Brandon, Manitoba, c. 1940
Christie's Montreal, 2 May 1973, lot 109 repr. as Pink Birches and a Lake
Laing Galleries, Toronto
Private collection, Toronto
Exhibition History
1937 Thomson
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 54, lent by J.S. Lawson, Toronto.1954 Brandon
Exhibition at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. D.R. Doig and Professor and Mrs. Edward Perry, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, Fine Arts Collections, March 1954, no. 59.1968 Brandon
Brandon University, Music Building Foyer, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, Doig Collection of Canadian Paintings Featuring the Group of Seven, May 17–28, 1968, no. 31, as 1917 (repr.)2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 57, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003; Musée du Québec, Quebec City, February 6–April 3, 2003; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 30–September 7, 2003; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 29–December 7, 2003.Published References
Murray 1998
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998, p. 102 (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. 133, 135, 210 (repr. col.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 38 (repr. col.)Silcox 2003
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, p. 253 (repr. col.)Murray 2008
Murray, Joan. "Tom Thomson: Trailblazer and Guide." In Canadian Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing, 2008, p. 109 (repr.col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 56–57 (repr. col.)Remarks
The board is primed with an ochre-green coloured oil paint.
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. ""Pink Birches, Summer 1915 (1915.61)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=340 (accessed on May 1, 2025).