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Catalogue entry
1916.54
Purple Hill
Spring 1916
Oil on wood panel
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, 5 (circled); u.l., in ink, HARKNESS; u.l., in graphite, OK/GT; u.r., in graphite, O.S.; u.l., in red grease pencil, #1; c., in ink, MRS. H.P.DE PENCIER; l.r., in graphite, Tom Thomson; (1970) label, AGT Jan. 17/36 Mrs. H.P. De Pencier; label, AGT 1957
Provenance
Roberts Art Gallery, Spring 1970
Private collection, Toronto
Norah (Mrs. H.P.) de Pencier, Owen Sound
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1966.2.4). Gift of Norah (Mrs. H.P.) de Pencier, 1968
Exhibition History
2011 Dulwich
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 24, Pl. 32 (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
Davies 1967
Davies, Blodwen. Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man Who Looked for Beauty and for Truth in the
Wilderness. Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1967, page facing 8 (repr. col.)Duval 1967
Duval, Paul. The McMichael Conservation Collection: A Catalogue of Outstanding Work by Tom
Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1967, (repr. col. cover).Duval 1970
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr. col.)Hunkin 1971
Hunkin, Harry. There Is No Finality…A Story of the Group of Seven. Toronto: Burns & MacEachern, 1971, p. 79 (repr. col.)Duval 1973
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 31, 171 (repr. col.)McMichael 1983
p. 29 (repr. col.)McMichael, R 1986
McMichael, Robert. "One Man's Obsession." One Man's Obsession. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 127.McMichael 1989
McMichael Canadian Collection of Art. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, 1965-1990. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1989, p. 25 (repr. col.)Murray 1999b
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 74–75 (repr. col.)Dejardin 2011
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 99 (repr. col.)Record last updated April 22, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Purple Hill, Spring 1916 (1916.54)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=496 (accessed on May 6, 2024).