Duval, Paul. The McMichael Conservation Collection: A Catalogue of Outstanding Work by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1967, (repr.)

Duval 1970

Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, as 1908 (repr.)

Duval 1973

Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, p. 169 (repr.)

Town & Silcox 1977

Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 34–35, 228 (repr. col.)

Remarks

Thomson and Burke were good friends, beginning with their time as roommates in Toronto on Gerrard Street when Burke attended college, in 1909. Burke was the model for Young Fisherman, c.1905 (1905.05) and owned three other works by Thomson now in the McMichael: Fairy Lake, 1912 (1912.05), Sailboat, c.1906 (1906.06) and Girl Looking in Mirror, 1903 (1903.01) as well as Design for a Stained-Glass Window, Havergal College, c.1908 (1908.07) (AGO 81/132) (see Dulmage, 1963).

Burke believed that this oil of a sailboat was Thomson’s first work in that medium.

Record last updated October 6, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Sailboat, c.1906 (1906.06)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=30 (accessed on April 27, 2024).