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1915.124
Autumn Colour
Fall 1915
Oil on wood
8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (21.4 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; l. of stamp, in ink, T-T-20; u.l., graphite, 1915; u.l., in ink, #276-A; t., JM for[?] painted a large [decoration?] [illegible] / JM; b.c., in graphite, sketch #17; (formerly) label, Roberts Gallery no. 276a
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; l. of stamp, in ink, T-T-20; u.l., graphite, 1915; u.l., in ink, #276-A; t., JM for[?] painted a large [decoration?] [illegible] / JM; b.c., in graphite, sketch #17; (formerly) label, Roberts Gallery no. 276a
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Mellors-Laing Galleries, Toronto
Charles E. Hendry, Toronto, 1941
Sotheby's, Toronto, 25-27 May 1970, lot 34 (bought in)
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1970.6). Purchased from Hendry through Roberts Gallery, Toronto, with funds donated by R.A. Laidlaw, 1970
Exhibition History
1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 77, (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, 1972.1998 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. 5, (repr. col.)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. 75, (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
Duval 1970
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, as 1916 (repr.)Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 40, 46 n16, 80, 84, 94 (repr.)Duval 1973
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, p. 171 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 5.McMichael, R 1986
McMichael, Robert. "One Man's Obsession." One Man's Obsession. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, pp. 267–68.Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 45 (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, 228 (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 Colour, Fall 1915 (1915.124)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=404 (accessed on May 21, 2025).