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1917.18

Early Spring

Alternate title: Early Snow

Spring 1917

Oil on wood panel

8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (20.9 x 26.7 cm)

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1974.9.5)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound

Margaret Thomson Tweedale, Toronto

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1974.9.5). Gift of Margaret Thomson Tweedale, 1974

Exhibition History

1995 Thomson

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 20.

Published References

Robson 1937

Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, pp. 16–17 (repr. col.) as Early Snow.

Town & Silcox 1977

Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 183 (repr. col.) as 21.6 x 26.7 cm [sic].

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 38 (repr. col.)

Murray 2011

Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 136–139 (repr. col.)

Record last updated May 27, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Early Spring, Spring 1917 (1917.18)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=654 (accessed on May 6, 2025).