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Catalogue entry
1916.13
Northern Spring
Spring 1916
Oil on panel
10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, "13 Top Right; u.l., in ink, C&V / 19-3-47 / F.W; (in 1987) l.r., label, Laing Galleries, Toronto, with title Northern Spring, and following quote from Mrs. B.P. Watson's letter, "The four paintings were got by me in Tom Thomson's Studio in 1917. I like to add that I, of course, thought they were amongst his very best, and he himself was of the same opinion," signed Mrs. B.P. Watson / 50 East 77 Street/ New York City
Provenance
Mrs. B.P. Watson, New York, 1917
Unknown dealer (T. Eaton Co.?), Toronto, 1947
Lawrence T. Porter, St. Andrews East, 1949
Joyner Toronto, 25 November 1987, lot 19
Laing Galleries, Toronto, 1987
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Published References
Mays 1987b
Mays, John Bentley. "Canadian art fetches top prices at record-breaking Toronto sale." G. Globe and Mail (Toronto), 27 November 1987, (repr.)Remarks
FW refers to conservator Frank Worrall, Toronto, who conserved and varnished the work in 1947, probably at the time when it was acquired by a dealer in Toronto.
Record last updated April 20, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Northern Spring, Spring 1916 (1916.13)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=455 (accessed on May 16, 2024).