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1915.76
Evening Cloud
Alternate titles: Evening Clouds; Storm Cloud; Storm Clouds
Fall 1915
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
8 9/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.7 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.c., in pink graphite or pastel, 28; u.l., in graphite, (undistinguishable) / Tom Thomson / p..d / 35OO ; u.l., in graphite, le… (crossed out); u.l., in graphite, RWL (crossed out); u.l., in graphite, …(crossed out); u.l., in graphite, S..nset; u.c., in red pencil, Laidlaw; u.r., in graphite, fall 1915 2?; u.r., in red pencil (circled), 16; l.r., in green graphite or pastel, B or 13; l.r., Gift to R.W.L.L./R.a. Laidlaw; l.r., in green graphite or pastel, B or 13; l.c., in graphite, 14. M. Thomson (crossed out); l.c., in graphite, 8; l.l., in graphite, J & ???t / Studio Bldg / To; u.l., label, in red pencil, Gift to R.W.L. Laidlaw / R.A. Laidlaw; u.r., label, in red pencil, T 45
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.c., in pink graphite or pastel, 28; u.l., in graphite, (undistinguishable) / Tom Thomson / p..d / 35OO ; u.l., in graphite, le… (crossed out); u.l., in graphite, RWL (crossed out); u.l., in graphite, …(crossed out); u.l., in graphite, S..nset; u.c., in red pencil, Laidlaw; u.r., in graphite, fall 1915 2?; u.r., in red pencil (circled), 16; l.r., in green graphite or pastel, B or 13; l.r., Gift to R.W.L.L./R.a. Laidlaw; l.r., in green graphite or pastel, B or 13; l.c., in graphite, 14. M. Thomson (crossed out); l.c., in graphite, 8; l.l., in graphite, J & ???t / Studio Bldg / To; u.l., label, in red pencil, Gift to R.W.L. Laidlaw / R.A. Laidlaw; u.r., label, in red pencil, T 45
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
W.A. Laidlaw, Toronto
R.A. Laidlaw, Toronto, after 1959
R.W.L. Laidlaw, Toronto and King City, by descent
Ken and Brenda MacDonald, Winnipeg
David Loch, Toronto
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
1926 AGT Canadian
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1926, no. 86, as Evening Cloud.1937 Thomson
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 22, as Evening Cloud, lent by Walter C. Laidlaw, Toronto.1949 Laidlaw
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Sketches on Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto, October–November 1949, no. 16, as Evening Cloud.1959 CNE
Canadian National Exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Private Collectors' Choice in Canadian Art Sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society, August 1959, as Evening Clouds, from the Collection of W.C. Laidlaw.Published References
Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 122 as Storm Cloud (repr. col.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 24 (repr. col.)Hudson 2008
Hudson, Anna. "Beauty is the Eye Discovering: Ken Thomson's Passion for Canadian Historical Art." In Ken Thomson The Collector: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing and The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2008, p. 110 as Storm Clouds (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. ""Evening Cloud, Fall 1915 (1915.76)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=355 (accessed on May 5, 2024).