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Catalogue entry
1917.06
Winter Thaw
Spring 1917
Oil on wood panel
4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. (12.5 x 17.5 cm)
Private Collection, Toronto
Provenance
Estate of the artist
John Thomson
Minnie Thomson (Mrs. William) Henry, Saskatoon
George M. Thomson, Brantford, 1956
Ian M. Thomson, by descent
Private collection, Ontario, early 1970s
Joyner Toronto, November 20, 2007, lot 23
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibition History
1927 Saskatoon
Nutana Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 11–12, 1927.Published References
Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 191 (repr.col.)Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 51 (repr.)King 2010
King, Ross. Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2011, p. 415.Remarks
The work came from the estate as part of Minnie Thomson’s share (she and her sisters were given ten works each by their father).
Record last updated February 16, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Winter Thaw, Spring 1917 (1917.06)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=642 (accessed on May 2, 2024).