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Catalogue entry
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
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; in graphite, 134.M. Thomson; label, Ragged Oaks / Not for Sale /16
Private Collection, Toronto
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound?
Margaret Thomson Tweedale, Toronto
Fraser Thomson, Seattle and Outremont P.Q.
Mabel (Mrs. Fraser) Thomson, Seattle, by descent, acquired 1971
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibition History
1919 Thomson
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, 1919.1971 Thomson
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, 1972.1988 AGO
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, 1989.2011 Dulwich
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 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 85 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 160 (repr. col.)Reid 1988
Reid, Dennis. Collector's Canada; Selections from a Toronto Private Collection. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, p. 58 (repr.)Murray 1999b
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 88–89 (repr. col.)Dejardin 2011
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 2, 2025).