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Heffel
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
Estate of the artist
Mellors Galleries, Toronto, 1939
Private collection
Mrs Mary Boyd, Toronto, by descent
Alan O. Gibbons, Ottawa
Heffel Auction, 23 May 2007, lot 30
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
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. 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 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 47, n32.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. 137, 246 (repr. col.)Murray 2008
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).