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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.

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4700)

Provenance

Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4700). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944

Exhibition History

1941 Thomson

Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.

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. 99.

1995 Thomson

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 19, as spring 1917 [sic].

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. 307.

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. 49.

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 34 (repr.)

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 2, 2025).