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1916.174
Winter Thaw in the Woods
Fall 1916
Oil on composite wood-pulp board
[no dimensions]
Inscription verso: m.l., in graphite, on side, The Early ?? / 100 South Ave; label, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc./ "Winter Thaw in the Woods;" (in 1970) in graphite, William J. Ard and address, South River; Nat. #41
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Through the good offices of J.W. Beatty, Toronto, sold to William J. Ard, South River
Private collection
Eleanor MacNaughton, Willowdale, Toronto, by descent
Sotheby's Toronto, 26 May 1981, lot 41
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal
Fraser Bros. Ltd., Montreal, 23 October 1986, lot 38
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
1995 Thomson
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 23, as spring 1917.2011 Dulwich
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 36, Pl. 37 (repr. col.) Traveled to: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, January 29–May 13, 2012; The Groninger Museum, Groninger, the Netherlands, June 3–October 28, 2012.Published References
Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 41 (repr. col.)Murray 2008
Murray, Joan. "Tom Thomson: Trailblazer and Guide." In Canadian Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing, 2008, pp. 104 (repr. col. detail), 114 (repr.col.)Dejardin 2011
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 81, 104 (repr. col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 122–123 (repr. col.)Remarks
William J. Ard owned the general store in South River where Tom Thomson bought his supplies. Ard acquired the sketch from J.W. Beatty for $25.00. In a letter from Dr. J.M. MacCallum to Thomson, 28 May 1917, MacCallum wrote: “I have deposited to your credit a cheque for $25.00 given to me by Bill Beatty for a sketch of yours which he had sold to some chap from South River.” (The letter is published in Murray 1994a, 92).
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. ""Winter Thaw in the Woods, Fall 1916 (1916.174)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=614 (accessed on May 16, 2024).