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Medium: Oil »
Support: on canvas »
Year(s): 1916 »   //  1917 »
1916-1917.07
Early Snow
Winter 1916–17
Oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 17 15/16 in. (45.4 x 45.5 cm)
Inscription verso: u.r., 163 M. Thomson; (in 1970) #11
Exhibition History
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Paintings from the Collection of John A. MacAulay, Q.C., April 15–May 20, 1954, no. 50. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, May 28–June 13, 1954.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, 0, no. XI (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.
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, The View from Here: Selections from the Canadian Historical Collection, May 28–December 31, 2000, no. 117, (repr. col.)
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 124, (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, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 56, 61 (repr. col.)
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 46 (repr. col.)
Laing, G. Blair. Memoirs of an Art Dealer. Vol. 1. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1979, p. 78.
Hughes, Mary Jo. The View from Here: Selections from the Canadian Historical Collection. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2000, pp. 21, 58, back cover (repr. col.)
Oswald, Brad. "WAG Raises $1.15 Million for Early Snow." Winnipeg Free Press, 25 May 2000.
St. Germain, Pat. "Gallery Unveils Tom Thomson Prize After Pricey Tug-of-War." Winnipeg Sun, 25 May 2000.
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. 139, 147, 279 (repr. col.)
Record last updated February 16, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Early Snow, Winter 1916–17 (1916-1917.07)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=626 (accessed on May 20, 2024).