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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

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1966.14)

Provenance

Estate of the artist

Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound

Margaret Thomson Tweedale, Toronto

McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1966.14). Gift of Margaret Thomson Tweedale, 1966

Exhibition History

1981 Charleston

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 1967

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 1967

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 1970

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

Mellen 1970

Mellen, Peter. The Group of Seven. Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1970, frontispiece (repr. col.)

Hunkin 1971

Hunkin, Harry. There Is No Finality…A Story of the Group of Seven. Toronto: Burns & MacEachern, 1971, p. 71 (repr. col.)

Duval 1973

Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 27, 171 (repr. col.)

McMichael 1983

p. 25 (repr. col.)

McMichael, R 1986

McMichael, Robert. "One Man's Obsession." One Man's Obsession. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 197.

Murray 1986a

Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, cover and 46 (repr. col.)

Bice 1988

Bice, Megan. Thomas John (Tom) Thomson: Six Sketches. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, (repr.)

McMichael 1989

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 1998

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998, p. 32 (repr. col.)

Murray 1999b

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 66–67 (repr. col.)

Murray 2006a

Murray, Joan. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, One Hundred Masterworks. Kleinburg: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2006, pp. 182–83.

Murray 2011

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 May 3, 2024).