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1915.118
Sketch for "Autumn's Garland"
Alternate titles: Autumn Garland; Autumn's Garland
Fall 1915
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.c. in black crayon, Sketch # 31; below stamp in ink, T-T-7
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.c. in black crayon, Sketch # 31; below stamp in ink, T-T-7
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
George Thomson, New Haven, Connecticut and Owen Sound, Ontario, 1937
Mellors Fine Arts, Toronto, 1937
H.S. Southam, Ottawa, by 1940
M.A. Cowper-Smith, Byron, Ontario, 1957
Laing Galleries, Toronto, by 1970
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, as one of ten sketches lent by H.S. Southam.1944 Southam
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Paintings Lent by H.S. Southam, May 27–July 2, 1944, no. 81.1957 Thomson London
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 41, as Autumn Garland, lent by Mr. & Mrs. Cowper-Smith, Byron.1957 Thomson Windsor
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 48, as Autumn's Garland, lent by Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Cowper-Smith, Byron.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. 73, (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
Hubbard 1960b
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, pp. 293, as Autumn’s Garland.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. 134–35, 226 (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, as Autumn’s Garland, 108 (repr. col. det.), 110 (repr.col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 22–23 (repr. col. det.), 82–83 (repr. col.)Remarks
An installation photograph of Southam 44 shows the work (Library and Archives, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa).
Record last updated July 4, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Sketch for "Autumn's Garland", Fall 1915 (1915.118)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=398 (accessed on May 17, 2024).