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1917.13
Spring in Algonquin Park
Spring 1917
Oil on wood panel
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (21.2 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription verso: u.r.q., label, Toronto / January 28 - 1928 / This is one of Tom's pictures / which was given to me by Father / today at Owen Sound. It was one / of the pictures taken by Father from / Mowatt [sic] Lodge, Algonquin Park, in 1917 / when Tom died, and in was painted in / the spring of 1917. I asked Dr. McCallum of / Toronto over the phone today whether it would / be possible to have Tom's seal affixed to this sketch / He suggested writing the above to establish its authenticity / G.W. Thomson 15 / 3 / 47 Above copied from original back cover
Provenance
Estate of the artist
George Thomson, New Haven, Connecticut and Owen Sound
George W. Thomson, Brantford and Sudbury, 1972, by descent
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1980.5). Purchased 1980
Exhibition History
1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 112, (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, 1972.1995 Thomson
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 33.2011 Dulwich
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 34, Pl. 40 (repr. col.) Traveled to: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, January 29–May 13, 2012; The Groninger Museum, Groninger, the Netherlands, June 3–October 28, 2012.Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 48, 89 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 188, 232 (repr. col.)Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 58 (repr.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 39 as private collection [sic] (repr. col.)Dejardin 2011
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 107 (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. ""Spring in Algonquin Park, Spring 1917 (1917.13)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=649 (accessed on April 23, 2024).