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1916.15
Spring Woods
Spring 1916
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
8 9/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.7 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; t.c., in graphite, 1916; u.r., in graphite, 5; t., in graphite, light of late afternoon, sun going [down?] and giving / light to east - aerial perspective is good [illegible]
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; t.c., in graphite, 1916; u.r., in graphite, 5; t., in graphite, light of late afternoon, sun going [down?] and giving / light to east - aerial perspective is good [illegible]
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection, Toronto
Exhibition History
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 91, (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
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 47, n32.
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. 137, 246 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. "Tom Thomson: Trailblazer and Guide." In Canadian Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing, 2008, p. 110 (repr.col.)
Record last updated February 26, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Spring Woods, Spring 1916 (1916.15)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=457 (accessed on May 1, 2025).