1916.142
Spruce and Tamarack
Fall 1916
Oil on wood
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; c.r., in graphite, (131 or 31). M. Thomson; u.r., (on label in red in graphite), T. 42; u.r., in graphite, 10; u.l.,in graphite, copper / R.A.L .(crossed out) (W.H.)?; u.c., in red chalk [Laidlaw]; label, Art Gallery of Toronto / W.C. Laidlaw;* label, Art Gallery of Toronto / 45 / 60. / Restoration /4-4 / Upper Canada College*
*(1970). These labels are now missing.
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; c.r., in graphite, (131 or 31). M. Thomson; u.r., (on label in red in graphite), T. 42; u.r., in graphite, 10; u.l.,in graphite, copper / R.A.L .(crossed out) (W.H.)?; u.c., in red chalk [Laidlaw]; label, Art Gallery of Toronto / W.C. Laidlaw;* label, Art Gallery of Toronto / 45 / 60. / Restoration /4-4 / Upper Canada College*
*(1970). These labels are now missing.
Provenance
Exhibition History
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 19 (repr. col. on cover) lent by Walter C. Laidlaw, Toronto.
Published References
Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, pp. 30–31 (repr. col.)
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 72 (repr. col.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 159 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. "Tom Thomson: Trailblazer and Guide." In Canadian Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing, 2008, p. 112 (repr.col.)
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 116–117 (repr. col.)
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. ""Spruce and Tamarack, Fall 1916 (1916.142)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=583 (accessed on May 11, 2025).