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Michelle Wilson; © McMichael Canadian Art Collection
1916.115
Somber Day
Fall 1916
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l. c., in orange crayon, T (circled) (upside down); l.l.q., label, in graphite, M. Thomson / 261
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l. c., in orange crayon, T (circled) (upside down); l.l.q., label, in graphite, M. Thomson / 261
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Margaret Thomson Tweedale, Toronto
R.A. Laidlaw, Toronto
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1966.15.21). Gift of R.A. Laidlaw, Toronto, 1966
Published References
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.)Duval 1970
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr. col.)Duval 1973
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 25, 171 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 122 (repr. col.), 230.McMichael 1983
p. 17 (repr. col.)Remarks
“M” on the reverse of the sketch likely refers to Margaret Thomson (later Tweedale) since she made a new list of the Thomson works in the estate when she took over its handling from Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, c. 1931. This work would have been no. 261 on her list.
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. ""Somber Day, Fall 1916 (1916.115)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=556 (accessed on April 28, 2024).