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Support: on panel »
Year(s): 1916 »
1916.86
Ragged Oaks
Summer or fall 1916
Oil on panel
8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (21.5 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp

Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; in graphite, 134.M. Thomson; label, Ragged Oaks / Not for Sale /16
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibition History
Arts Club, Montreal, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tom Thomson, March 1, 1919, no. 16. Traveled to: Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March 25–April 12, 1919.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 101, (repr.) Traveled to: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 15–February 3, 1972; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 25–March 31, 1972; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, April 14–May 28, 1972; Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 2–September 5, 1972.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Collector's Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection, May 14–July 10, 1988, no. 56, (repr.) Traveled to: Musée du Québec, Quebec City, September 21–October 30, 1988; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 20–March 5, 1989; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 23–May 7, 1989.
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 30, Pl. 29 (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
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 85 (repr.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 160 (repr. col.)
Reid, Dennis. Collector's Canada; Selections from a Toronto Private Collection. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, p. 58 (repr.)
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 88–89 (repr. col.)
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 96 (repr. col.)
Remarks

Fraser Thomson mention the panel in a letter to Blodwen Davies, 19 May 1930, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Blodwen Davies fonds (MG30 D38).

Record last updated June 14, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Ragged Oaks, Summer or fall 1916 (1916.86)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=527 (accessed on May 1, 2025).