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Catalogue entry
1916.49
Sun in the Bush
Spring 1916
Oil on wood panel
8 7/16 x 10 5/8 in. (21.5 x 27 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, Sun in the Bush. / Tom Thomson 2500; u.l., in graphite, 4 (circled); u.r., in graphite, reserved / Studio Bldg.; m.l., in ink, brush applied, S.B.; l.r., in graphite, No 23 Mrs. Harkness; l.m., in graphite, 5571; u.r. edge, in graphite, No 10 carved rough cors-?_______ < gold panels
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, Sun in the Bush. / Tom Thomson 2500; u.l., in graphite, 4 (circled); u.r., in graphite, reserved / Studio Bldg.; m.l., in ink, brush applied, S.B.; l.r., in graphite, No 23 Mrs. Harkness; l.m., in graphite, 5571; u.r. edge, in graphite, No 10 carved rough cors-?_______ < gold panels
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
Laing Galleries, Toronto?
Dr. Duncan Graham, Toronto
Gift from Dr. Duncan Graham to his daughter, Enid Mary Lewis, Toronto, 1961
Private Collection, Toronto, 1974
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Published References
Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 18 (repr. col. detail), 102–103, (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. ""Sun in the Bush, Spring 1916 (1916.49)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=491 (accessed on May 1, 2025).