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Catalogue entry
1912.01
Woods in Winter
1913
Oil on paperboard (Birchmore board)
6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (17.5 x 25 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r.. Tom Thomson (incised)
Inscription verso: incised lettering; (label) (half torn) Wm Tyrell, 780 Yonge Street, Toronto
Inscription verso: incised lettering; (label) (half torn) Wm Tyrell, 780 Yonge Street, Toronto
Private Collection
Provenance
Lena Edgar Greer, 1917 (wedding present from a roommate and friend who had lived in the same lodge [Mowat?] as Thomson)
Earl Logan, Strathroy (nephew), by descent
Ritchies Toronto, October 1982
Joyner Toronto, 14 May 1991, lot 134 as "Lenna Greer" [sic] (bought in)
Sotheby's Toronto, 3 December 1997, lot 84 as "Lenna" [sic]
Private Collection, Blenheim, Ontario
Private Collection
Heffel Auction, Spring 2015, May 27, 2015, Lot 147
Private Collection
Remarks
Lena Edgar Greer was formerly a Miss Edgar. She was a secretary to Mr. Ryrie at Birk’s, Toronto, and from Kerwood, Ontario. She lived in Imperial, Saskatoon, Sask. Her roommate and friend had received this work as a gift from Thomson.
Additional images
Mrs. Greer talking about the painting.
Record last updated March 15, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Woods in Winter, 1913 (1912.01)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=94 (accessed on April 30, 2024).