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1916.135
Wild Geese: Sketch for "Chill November"
Alternate titles: First Snow Ducks; Sketch for "Chill November"
Fall 1916
Oil on wood panel
8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (21.4 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; in graphite, u.c., in ink, PROPERTY OF / HARKNESS; c.r., in graphite, Houssers (circled); l.r., in graphite, No. 98 Mrs. Harkness (underlined) (Mrs. Harkness is crossed out); l.l., in black paint, H; u.l., in graphite, lst class; u.l.c., 3; u.l., in graphite, First Snow Ducks 1… [indistinct]*
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; in graphite, u.c., in ink, PROPERTY OF / HARKNESS; c.r., in graphite, Houssers (circled); l.r., in graphite, No. 98 Mrs. Harkness (underlined) (Mrs. Harkness is crossed out); l.l., in black paint, H; u.l., in graphite, lst class; u.l.c., 3; u.l., in graphite, First Snow Ducks 1… [indistinct]*
Provenance
Exhibition History
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, as Sketch for "Chill November", lent by Mrs. Y. McKague Housser, Toronto.
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, F.B. Housser Memorial Collection, February 6–24, 1945.
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 44.
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 44.
London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, The Face of Early Canada: Milestones of Canadian Paintings, February 1961.
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Painting 1850 - 1950, January 8–February 12, 1967, hors cat in London viewing of exhibition, 17 February-26 March? Traveled to: London Art Gallery, London, Ontario, February 17–March 26, 1967; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, April 1–May 7, 1967; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 12–June 10, 1967; Rothmans Art Gallery of Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, June 16–July 30, 1967; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, August 9–September 9, 1967; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, September 15–October 10, 1967; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 20–November 18, 1967; Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, November 30–December 30, 1967; The New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, January 15–February 15, 1968; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, February–March 1968; Musée du Québec, Québec City, March 15–April 14, 1968.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 102, (repr.) 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.
Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, How Artists Work: From first idea to final realization, 2004.
Published References
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 44, 85 (repr.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 170 (repr. col.)
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 15 (repr. col.)
Taylor, David G. How Artists Work: From first idea to final realization. Sarnia, ON: Gallery Lambton, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 6 (repr. col.)
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 29 (verso repr. col.), 114–115 (repr. col.)
Remarks
The sketch, as well as the canvas Chill November, Winter 1916–17 (1916-1917.12), was originally titled First Snow Ducks (information from David Taylor, who cites a letter to F.B. Housser, Toronto, from the Sarnia Art Gallery, 7 January 1927, in the archives of Gallery Lambton, Sarnia).
*In 1970, Joan Murray recorded this inscription as First Snow Ducks 1916
Record last updated June 14, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Wild Geese: Sketch for "Chill November", Fall 1916 (1916.135)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=575 (accessed on May 1, 2024).