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Catalogue entry
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
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
W.C. Laidlaw, Toronto
Upper Canada College Collection, Toronto. Gift of W. C. Laidlaw, Class of 1891, Upper Canada College, 1947
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
1937 Thomson
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 1937
Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, pp. 30–31 (repr. col.)Davies 1967
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 & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 159 (repr. col.)Murray 2008
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 2011
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 12, 2025).