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Catalogue entry
1915.112
White Birches, Round Lake
Alternate title: Round Lake Island
Fall 1915
Oil on wood
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (21.2 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., Tom Thomson / 15 (incised)
Inscription verso: u.l., in brown ink, The little Island (Birtch) [sic] / Round Lake; l.c., label, Mellors Fine Arts; in graphite, 25454
Inscription verso: u.l., in brown ink, The little Island (Birtch) [sic] / Round Lake; l.c., label, Mellors Fine Arts; in graphite, 25454
Provenance
Thomas Wattie, South River, 1915
Mrs. Frank Cooper, South River, by descent
Mellors Fine Arts, Toronto, 1936
Arthur Stanley Bourinot, Ottawa, 1937
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (15846). Bequest of Arthur Stanley Bourinot, Ottawa, 1969
Exhibition History
1970 NGC
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 60, (repr.) Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22–October 31, 1970.Published References
Ghent 1949
Ghent, Percy. "Tom Thomson at Island Camp, Round Lake, November 1915." Evening Telegram (Toronto), 8 November 1949.Addison 1969
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, pp. 46–47.Reid 1970
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, p. 96 (repr.)Remarks
Mrs. Cooper in a letter to the Art Gallery of Toronto, 18 March 1936, called the sketch Round Lake Island.
Record last updated July 4, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""White Birches, Round Lake, Fall 1915 (1915.112)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=392 (accessed on April 25, 2024).