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Support: on wood panel »
Year(s): 1916 »
1916.38
The Poacher
Spring 1916
Oil on wood panel
8 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.5 x 26.8 cm)
cInscription verso: l.l., in ink, authenticated by James D MacCAllum ?3/10/37; label, Mellors Fine Arts, Toronto, "The Poacher" 1915
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Mellors Fine Arts, Toronto
Dr. George H. Henderson, Halifax
Mrs. George H. Henderson, Halifax
Laing Galleries, Toronto
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
1919 Thomson
Arts Club, Montreal, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tom Thomson, March 1, 1919, no. 37, as lent by Dr. MacCallum. Traveled to: Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March 25–April 12, 1919.
1951 Halifax
Halifax Memorial Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, The Development of Canadian Painting, from 12 November 1951, no. 37, as lent by Mrs. George H. Henderson.
Published References
Laing 1979
Laing, G. Blair. Memoirs of an Art Dealer. Vol. 1. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979, p. 75 (repr. col.)
Shields, C 2008
Shields, Conal ed. Ken Thomson The Collector: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing and The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2008, p. 139 (repr.col.)
Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 96–97 (repr. col.)
Record last updated February 26, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""The Poacher, Spring 1916 (1916.38)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=480 (accessed on May 7, 2024).