1915.127
Black Spruce in Autumn
Fall 1915
Oil on laminated paper or composite wood-pulp board
8 9/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.7 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription verso: c., in graphite, Margaret Tweedale / S.M.H.? Harkness; c.l., in brown ink, H; in graphite, No. 91. Mrs. Harkness; u.l., label, Margaret Tweedale / 45 Allonsius Drive / Toronto 18; u.r., label, T 33. / M. Tweedale
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Spoleto Festival U.S.A, The Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, Wilderness Canada: Canadian Landscape Paintings from the McMichael Canadian Collection, May 20–June 22, 1981, no. 3.
Published References
Davies, Blodwen. Tom Thomson: The Story of a Man Who Looked for Beauty and for Truth in the
Wilderness. Vancouver: Mitchell Press Limited, 1967, page facing 25 (repr. col.)
Duval, Paul. The McMichael Conservation Collection: A Catalogue of Outstanding Work by Tom
Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1967, (repr. col.)
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr col.)
Mellen, Peter. The Group of Seven. Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1970, frontispiece (repr. col.)
Hunkin, Harry. There Is No Finality…A Story of the Group of Seven. Toronto: Burns & MacEachern, 1971, p. 71 (repr. col.)
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 27, 171 (repr. col.)
p. 25 (repr. col.)
McMichael, Robert. "One Man's Obsession." One Man's Obsession. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 197.
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, cover and 46 (repr. col.)
Bice, Megan. Thomas John (Tom) Thomson: Six Sketches. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, (repr.)
McMichael Canadian Collection of Art. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, 1965-1990. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1989, p. 21 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998, p. 32 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 66–67 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, One Hundred Masterworks. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2006, pp. 182–83.
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 24, 86–87 (repr. col.)
Remarks
Thomson applied two layers of coloured “ground” to the work.
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. ""Black Spruce in Autumn, Fall 1915 (1915.127)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=407 (accessed on April 20, 2024).