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1917.11

Birches

Spring 1917

Oil on wood (orange crate wood)

5 11/16 x 7 7/8 in. (14.5 x 20 cm)

Inscription verso: In my opinion a good / example of Tom Thomson's work / 1916 or 1917; in blue ink, authenticated by Thoreau MacDonald; (stamped) FIED / Gold (PUR / GES

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (971.005)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Louise Thomson (Mrs. J.G.) Henry, Saskatoon

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (971.005). Gift of Louise Thomson (Mrs. J.G.) Henry, Saskatoon, 1971

Exhibition History

1927 Saskatoon

Nutana Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 11–12, 1927, ?

1977 Thomson

Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 59.

1995 Thomson

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 10.

Published References

Murray 1986a

Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 86 (repr. col.)

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 33 (repr. col. pl. 7).

Murray 1999b

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 116–117 (repr. col.)

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. ""Birches, Spring 1917 (1917.11)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=647 (accessed on May 18, 2024).