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Catalogue entry
1916.30
Sketch for "The Jack Pine"
Spring 1916
Oil on wood
8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (21 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, 13 / Top left; c.l., in ink, C&V / 19-3-47 / F.W.; t.c., in ink, [illegible]
Provenance
Mrs. B.P. Watson, Toronto and New York, 1917
T. Eaton Co., Toronto, 1947
Samuel E. Weir, London, Ontario, 1947
The Weir Foundation, RiverBrink, Queenston, Ontario (982.65)
Exhibition History
1950 London
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, 3 Sketches by Tom Thomson, May 1950.1957 Thomson London
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 1.1957 Thomson Windsor
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 40.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 97, (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, 2003.2011 Dulwich
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 7, Fig. 43 (repr. col. det.), Pl. 9 (repr. col.) Traveled to: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, January 29–May 13, 2012; The Groninger Museum, Groninger, the Netherlands, June 3–October 28, 2012.Published References
Huntsville Forester 1948
"Tom Thompson [sic] and One-Tree Island." Huntsville Forester (ON), 18 November 1948.London Evening 1957
"Two Thomson Brothers, Each in His Own Way Capture Some of the Wildness of the North." London Evening Free Press (ON), 13 July 1957.Hubbard 1962
Hubbard, R.H. The Gallery of Canadian Art, 2 Tom Thomson. Toronto: Society For Art Publications and McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1962, fig. 19 (repr.)Reid 1975
Reid. Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine. 5, Masterpieces in the National Gallery of Canada, The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa: 1975, pp. 20–22 (repr.)Taylor 1984
Taylor, David. "Sketch for the Jack Pine by Tom Thomson - The Samuel E. Weir Collection." Niagara Arts Journal (15 April - 15 May 1984), p. 5 (repr.)Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 56 (repr. col.)Murray 1994b
Murray, Joan. Northern Lights: Masterpieces of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1994, p. 74 (repr. col.)Davis 1998a
Davis, Ann. Thomson, Thomas John (Tom). Vol. 14 1911-1920, Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, p. 998.Wistow 1999
Wistow, David, and Kelly McKinley. Meet the Group of Seven. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1999, p. 18 (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. 32, 137, 252 (repr. col.), 328n62.Hill 2003
Hill, Charles C. "The Jack Pine." In Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada, David Franklin (ed.). Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada in association with Yale University Press, 2003, p. 51.Dejardin 2011
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 54–55 (repr. col. det.), 56, 72 (repr. col.)Remarks
F.W. in the group of verso inscriptions refers to conservator Frank Worrall, Toronto, who cleaned and varnished the work in 1947.
According to R.G. Tozer, Park Naturalist, Algonquin Park District, Parks Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario, the setting shows Carcajou Bay on Grand Lake. Charles C. Hill, believes that the sketch was painted most probably at Lake Cauchon.
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. ""Sketch for "The Jack Pine", Spring 1916 (1916.30)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=472 (accessed on May 4, 2024).