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1910.01

Advertisement for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance, Owen Sound

Alternate title: Poster for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

1910

Graphite gouache, and watercolour on illustration board

11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (29.5 x 21.6 cm)

Inscription verso: u.r., in graphite, J.M. Fisk; u.l. in graphite, 1; on backing in ballpoint, u.l., This is the work of Tom Thomson / Jessie M. Fisk (niece of Thomson) / who watched while artist / worked

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (986.012)

Provenance

Jessie M. Fisk (niece of the artist), Owen Sound. Sold c. 1933 to Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound (986.012). Gift of the WMIC, 1986

Exhibition History

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. 22.

Published References

Murray 1971

Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 15 (repr.) fig. 17.

Town & Silcox 1977

Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 102 (repr.) as Poster for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Reid and Hill 2002

Reid, Dennis and Charles C. Hill. Tom Thomson. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, p. 56 (repr.)

Remarks

Thomson’s brother-in-law was T.J. Harkness, Vice-President of the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance: he is listed in the column of names at the left and right.

This is thought to be an advertizing design, with space left for the addition of a calendar below the image.

Record last updated March 9, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Advertisement for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance, Owen Sound, 1910 (1910.01)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=72 (accessed on May 8, 2025).