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Support: on wood panel »
Year(s): 1915 »
1915.57
Marguerites, Wood Lilies, and Vetch
Alternate titles: Cow Lily, Wild Flowers; Flowers; Study of Wild Flowers; Wildflowers; Wood Lilies and Vetch
Summer 1915
Oil on wood panel
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (21.3 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, 20; u.l., in graphite, by artist, Study of Wild Flowers Tom Thomson; u.r., on label in graphite, J Lawson - T.6; u.l., in brushed ink, NOT FOR SALE / J.E.H.MACDONALD; c.l., in ink, Property of J.S. Lawson / Emmanuel College; in graphite on torn blue bordered label, Marguerite-Wood / Lily and Vetch Not for Sale / 20 (circled); l.r., in red pencil, 12
Provenance
J.E.H. MacDonald, Toronto, by 1917
J.S. Lawson, Toronto, by 1937
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2563). Gift from the Albert H. Robson Memorial Subscription Fund, 1941
Exhibition History
1919 Thomson
Arts Club, Montreal, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tom Thomson, March 1, 1919, no. 20, as Wood Lilies and Vetch, lent by J.E.H. MacDonald. Traveled to: Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March 25–April 12, 1919.
1937 Thomson
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 53, as Cow Lily, Wild Flowers, lent by J.S. Lawson, Toronto.
1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.
1942 London
Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Public Library & Art Museum, London, Ontario, Milestones of Canadian Art: A Retrospective Exhibition of Canadian Art from Paul Kane and Kreighoff to the Contemporary Painters, from 9 January 1942, no. 43.
1947 AGT
Art Gallery of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Pictures Purchased by the Albert H. Robson Fund, October 1947, as Flowers, c. 1916.
1954 VAG
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Group of Seven, March 29–April 25, 1954, no. 69.
1957 Thomson Windsor
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 14.
1965 London
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Canadian Impressionists, 1895 - 1965, April 7–May 2, 1965, no. 334.
1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 59, (repr.) Traveled to: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 15–February 3, 1972; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 25–March 31, 1972; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, April 14–May 28, 1972; Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 2–September 5, 1972.
2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 55, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003; Musée du Québec, Quebec City, February 6–April 3, 2003; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 30–September 7, 2003; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 29–December 7, 2003.
2004 St. Petersburg
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 29.
Published References
Robson 1937
Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, pp. 12 –13 as Wildflowers (repr. col.), collection J.S. Lawson.
McInnes 1940
McInnes, G.C. "Tom Thomson." New World Illustrated 1, no. 1 (March 1940), (repr.)
Peart 1961
Peart, Hugh W., and John Schaffter. The Winds of Change: A History of Canada and Canadians in the Twentieth Century. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1961, pl. 1.
Addison 1969
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, p. 27 as Flowers (repr. col.)
Bradfield 1970
Bradfield, Helen. Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Company of Canada Limited, 1970, p. 445.
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 77, 93 (repr.)
Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 110 (repr. col.)
Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 41 (repr. col.)
Shields, Carol 1995
Shields, Carol. The Stone Diaries. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
Murray 2002
Murray, Joan. Flowers: J.E.H MacDonald, Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2002, pp. 12–3, 102–3, (repr. col.)
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, pp. 79, 133, 208 (repr. col.)
Silcox 2003
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, p. 83 (repr. col.)
Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 50–51 (repr. col.)
Record last updated March 3, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Marguerites, Wood Lilies, and Vetch, Summer 1915 (1915.57)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=336 (accessed on March 28, 2024).