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1916.136
Autumn Scene
Alternate title: Untitled
Fall 1916
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; in ink, Property of Toronto Board / of Education / Toronto, Ont. / H.C. Dierlam / J. Beatty / Authenticity Stamp
Toronto District School Board, Toronto
Provenance
Estate of the artist
J.W. Beatty to Truman W. Kidd, Toronto, 1917, but purchased later from the artist's estate by the Toronto Board of Education
Toronto District School Board, Toronto
Exhibition History
1967 Toronto
The Board of Education for the City of Toronto, Toronto, Centennial Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1967, no. 43.
1969 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 17, as Untitled.
1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 104, (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.
Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 44, 86 (repr.)
Remarks

At the end of August 1916, Thomson was at Ard’s store in South River and met Truman W. Kidd, an art teacher at Riverdale Collegiate, Toronto. Thomson was eating his lunch, largely of boloney sausage, biscuits and a bottle of pop, Kidd recalled later. Trying to get into conversation with Thomson, Kidd asked why he liked to come to South River when there were so many shopping centres much closer to his headquarters at Cedar Lake [sic].... “Not by canoe” was all Thomson answered. Thomson told Kidd that he liked to get his supplies at South River where there was a veneer mill. Kidd had already noticed that there were piles of birch panels ready for him. (Truman W. Kidd to Ella Tolchard, November 1963, Riverdale Collegiate Archives, quoted in Addison, 1969, 41-42). Kidd said he purchased this sketch in 1917 for Riverdale Collegiate at a cost of $15.00. Apparently he did not pay for the sketch: it was purchased later by the Toronto Board of Education.

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. ""Autumn Scene, Fall 1916 (1916.136)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=577 (accessed on May 14, 2025).