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Michelle Wilson; © McMichael Canadian Art Collection
1907.01
Head of a Woman
1907
Watercolour, graphite and chalk on paper
12 11/16 x 9 1/8 in. (32.2 x 23.1 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., Tom Thomson / 07
Inscription verso: l.r. edge: 17348; u.l., gilt; l.c., 2115
Inscription verso: l.r. edge: 17348; u.l., gilt; l.c., 2115
Provenance
Published References
Dulmage, Paul. "Toronto Shrine to Receive Donation." Swift Current Sun (Saskatchewan), 6 September 1963, (repro.)
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, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr).
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, p. 169 (repr.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 151 (repr. without calling card).
Remarks
Tom Thomson’s calling card once appeared, framed with the work at the lower right. 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 this work and owned four other works by Thomson in the McMichael: Fairy Lake, 1912 (1912.05) Sailboat, c.1906 (1906.06), Girl Looking in Mirror, 1903 (1903.01), and Young Fisherman, c.1905 (1905.05) as well as Design for a Stained-Glass Window, Havergal College, c.1908 (1908.07)(AGO 81/132) (see Dulmage, 1963).
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. ""Head of a Woman, 1907 (1907.01)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=33 (accessed on April 28, 2024).