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Bernard Clark
1916.28
Spring, Algonquin Park
Spring 1916
Oil on wood panel
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (21.3 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: sketch, in graphite, (of tents and panels laid on them to dry); c., estate stamp; u.r.q., in black ink, S.B.; u.r.q., below S.B., in ink, T-T-26; c.r., in black, Sketch #24; l.r.q., J+H; l.l.q., in graphite, 12_ / M. Thomson (circled); u.l.q., in graphite, reserved/Studio Bldg. (circled); l.c., round stamp, illegible writing along the top, along the bottom "Lacolle, PQ..." (stamp is upside down in faded black ink)
Inscription verso: sketch, in graphite, (of tents and panels laid on them to dry); c., estate stamp; u.r.q., in black ink, S.B.; u.r.q., below S.B., in ink, T-T-26; c.r., in black, Sketch #24; l.r.q., J+H; l.l.q., in graphite, 12_ / M. Thomson (circled); u.l.q., in graphite, reserved/Studio Bldg. (circled); l.c., round stamp, illegible writing along the top, along the bottom "Lacolle, PQ..." (stamp is upside down in faded black ink)
Provenance
Published References
Catalogue of the Permanent Collection, Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Kingston: Agnes Etherington, 1968, no. 140.
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 64 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 29 (verso repr. col.), 94–95 (repr. col.)
Remarks
T-T-26 refers to the number of the work on a list made by Archie Laing, G. Blair Laing’s father.
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, Algonquin Park, Spring 1916 (1916.28)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=470 (accessed on May 3, 2025).