1916.25
Early April
Spring 1916
Oil on wood panel
8 5/16 x 10 1/2 in. (21.1 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription verso: l.l., estate stamp; l.l., label, in graphite, Early April / James MacCallum; u.l., in graphite, 77; u.l., label, AGT Dec 31/40; c., in graphite, 46 (circled) H.M.L.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.
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. 99.
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 19, as spring 1917 [sic].
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. 307.
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. 49.
Remarks
H.M.L. refers to Harold Mortimer-Lamb, an early defender of the Group of Seven, mining engineer and collector. Possibly he considered this work as a purchase; hence the inscription with his initials.
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. ""Early April, Spring 1916 (1916.25)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=468 (accessed on May 1, 2025).