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Catalogue entry
Michelle Wilson
1904.02
Study of a Woman's Head, Seattle
Alternate titles: Early Miniatures; Miniatures
c.1904
Ink and colored pencil on card
4 5/16 x 3 3/16 in. (10.8 x 8.1 cm)
Provenance
Fraser Thomson
Tom Thomson Art Gallery (967.015). Gift of Fraser Thomson, 1967
Exhibition History
1967 Thomson
Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, May 27–June 11, 1967, no. 19, as Early Miniatures.1968 Owen Sound
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, First Anniversary Exhibition, May 24–June 9, 1968, no. 8.1969 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 36, as Miniatures.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. 36.Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 10–11 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 36 (repr. col.)Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 21 as 1903 (repr.)Murray 1998
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998, p. 28 (repr.)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. 114 (repr.)Remarks
Fraser Thomson wrote Blodwen Davies, 19 May 1930, about a sketch of a woman’s head he had picked out of the garbage where Tom Thomson had thrown it. This may be that sketch. The letter is in Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Blodwen Davies fonds (MG30 D38).
Record last updated March 28, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Study of a Woman's Head, Seattle, c.1904 (1904.02)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=9 (accessed on May 3, 2025).