1916.08
Ice in Spring
Spring 1916
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.r., white paint, S.B.; u.r. in graphite, reserved / Studio Bldg.; c., in graphite, 1916, l.r., in graphite, No. 11 Mrs. Harkness
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.r., white paint, S.B.; u.r. in graphite, reserved / Studio Bldg.; c., in graphite, 1916, l.r., in graphite, No. 11 Mrs. Harkness
Provenance
Exhibition History
Schreiters Exhibition Annex, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Exhibition of Paintings, May 25–June 5, 1926, no. 53.
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 28, lent by the Ladies' Committee, Kitchener.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, lent by the Canadian Art Committee, Kitchener.
Published References
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, p. 299.
Fetherling, D. "Back-seat Kreighoffs and other art crimes." Kingston Whig-Standard, 21 May 1988.
Remarks
The work went missing from the National Gallery, 1950s - May 1984.
Record last updated February 29, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Ice in Spring, Spring 1916 (1916.08)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=450 (accessed on May 1, 2025).