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Catalogue entry
1915-1916.01
Opulent October
Winter 1915–16
Oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 30 7/16 in. (54 x 77.3 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Mrs. Cumming's estate
Malloney Galleries, Toronto
Dr. J.S. Lawson, Toronto, 1932
Roy G. Cole, Hamilton, ON
Paul Duval, Toronto
Private collection, Toronto, purchased 1967
Private collection
Exhibition History
1937 Thomson
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 57, lent by J.S. Lawson, Toronto.1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, 0, no. VIII (repr. col.) 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, 1972.1977 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 31.1988 AGO
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Collector's Canada: Selections from a Toronto Private Collection, May 14–July 10, 1988, no. 55, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Musée du Québec, Quebec City, September 21–October 30, 1988; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 20–March 5, 1989; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 23–May 7, 1989.1998 Montreal
Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, Hommage à Walter Klinkhoff, September 1998.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 82, (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.Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 41, 56, 60 (repr. col.)Kritzwiser 1977
Kritzwiser, Kay. "The Essential Tom Thomson." Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1977.Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, pp. 48–49 (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, 135, 237 (repr. col.)Record last updated May 27, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Opulent October, Winter 1915–16 (1915-1916.01)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=412 (accessed on May 17, 2024).