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1916.21
Snow and Rocks
Spring 1916
Oil on wood
10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (26.8 x 21.5 cm)
Inscription verso: in graphite, sketch of trees; l.r., estate stamp; c.r., in ink, 90/10; u.r., in ink, James MacCallum; u.r., in ink, 10 (circled)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4695). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944
Exhibition History
1969 MacCallum
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Jackman Gift of Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some of the Members of the Group of Seven, January 25–February 23, 1969, no. 124, as c.1917.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 118, (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, 1972.1975 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada, Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine, September 12–October 5, 1975, no. 12, as 1917. Traveled to: Nova Scotia Museum of Arts, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 20–November 2, 1975; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, March 31–April 25, 1976; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 28–June 20, 1976; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 5–December 5, 1976.1999 Mexico City
National Gallery of Canada; Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Museo de Arte Moderno de México, Mexico City, Tierra salvaje: La pintura paisajistica canadiense y el Grupo de los Siete, August 26–October 31, 1999, no. 69, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Prins Eugens Waldemarsudd, Stockholm, February 10–April 2, 2000 (Title: Terre sauvage: Kanadensiskt landskapfmaleri och Group of Seven); Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 15–June 12, 2000 (Title: Terre sauvage: Canadisk landskapsmaleri og The Group of Seven,); Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway, July 29–September 23, 2000 (Title: Terre sauvage: Canadisk landskapsmaleri og Group of Seven); Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborgs, Sweden, October 14–December 3, 2000.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 95, (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, 2003.2004 St. Petersburg
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 42.Published References
Hubbard 1960b
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, p. 306.Reid 1969
Reid, Dennis. The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. HR. Jackman Gift of the Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some Members of the Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1969. Exhibition catalogue, p. 53.Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 48, 90, 96 as 1917 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 176 (repr. col.)Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 54 (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. 83, 137, 250 (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. ""Snow and Rocks, Spring 1916 (1916.21)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=464 (accessed on May 1, 2025).