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© Art Gallery of Ontario
1915.121
Autumn Foliage
Fall or winter 1915
Oil on wood panel
8 1/2 x 10 9/16 in. (21.6 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; right of stamp in red crayon, 14; right of stamp in graphite, G; l.r., in graphite, No.4 - Mrs. Harkness; u.r., in graphite, reserved / Studio Bldg; l.l., in graphite, J&H; c.l., in graphite, 1915; in black ink, SB; on the frame (in 1970), #5. Autumn Foliage.-Harkness
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; right of stamp in red crayon, 14; right of stamp in graphite, G; l.r., in graphite, No.4 - Mrs. Harkness; u.r., in graphite, reserved / Studio Bldg; l.l., in graphite, J&H; c.l., in graphite, 1915; in black ink, SB; on the frame (in 1970), #5. Autumn Foliage.-Harkness
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (852). Gift from the Reuben and Kate Leonard Canadian Fund, 1927
Exhibition History
1937 Thomson
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 35, lent by the Art Gallery of Toronto.1947 AGT
Art Gallery of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Pictures Purchased by the Albert H. Robson Fund, October 1947, asc. 1916.1957 Thomson London
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 37.1967 Expo
Expo 67, Canadian Government Pavilion, Montreal, Painting in Canada, 1967, no. 4, (repr.)1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 73, (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, 1972.1986 Atlanta
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, The Advent of Modernism: Post-Impressionism and North American Art, 1900 - 1918, March 5–May 11, 1986. (repr. col.) Traveled to: Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.1991 Barbican
Barbican Art Gallery, London, The True North: Landscape Painting 1896 - 1939, April 19–June 16, 1991, no. 114, (repr. col. cover).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. 74, (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, 2003.2004 St. Petersburg
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 37.Published References
Hubbard 1962
Hubbard, R.H. The Gallery of Canadian Art, 2 Tom Thomson. Toronto: Society For Art Publications and McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962, pl. 27 (repr.)Harper 1966
Harper, J. Russell. Painting in Canada: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1955, p. 278.Lord 1967
Lord, Barry. Painting in Canada. Montreal: Canadian Government Pavilion, Expo 67, 1967, p. 18.Bradfield 1970
Bradfield, Helen. Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Company of Canada Limited, 1970, p. 442.Mellen 1970
Mellen, Peter. The Group of Seven. Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1970, p. 53 (repr. col.)Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 40, 79 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 11 & back cover (repr. col.)Wistow 1982
Wistow, David. Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven: Selected Works from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982, (repr. col.)Murray 1984
Murray, Joan. The Best of the Group of Seven. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1984, p. 42 (repr. col.)Town 1985
Town, Harold. "Thomson, Thomas John." In The Canadian Encyclopedia III. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1985, p. 1817 (repr. col.)Wistow 1999
Wistow, David, and Kelly McKinley. Meet the Group of Seven. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1999, p. 20 (repr. col.)Murray 1999b
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 54–55 (repr. col.)Rhodes 2001
Rhodes, Richard. A First Book of Canadian Aart. Toronto: Owl Books, 2001, p. 33 (repr. col.)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, 227 (repr. col.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 53 (repr. col.)Silcox 2003
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, p. 266 (repr. col.)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. ""Autumn Foliage, Fall or winter 1915 (1915.121)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=401 (accessed on April 20, 2024).