1917.36
After the Storm
Alternate title: Sketch in Green
Spring 1917
Oil on wood
8 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. (21.5 x 26 cm)
Inscription verso: l.r., estate stamp; t., in ink, This sketch was done by Tom Thomson in the late spring of the year in which / he was drowned. It is one of the few done in green. When the foliage had / come on [southly?] he usually gave up sketching and took to fishing / and canoeing until the fall color appeared. / J.M.; c.r., in graphite, Dr. James MacCallum; c.l., in graphite, 1917; c.l., on label in ink, Dr. Tovell; c., in blue ink on printed label, ART GALLERY OF TORONTO / Lent by / Mrs. R.M. Tovell; l.c., Tovell; l.r., in graphite, No 45 Mrs. Harkness; l.l., fragment of label, [...]A OTTAWA
Private Collection
Provenance
Private Collection, Victoria, BC
Private Collection
Exhibition History
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 65, lent by Harold M. Tovell, M.D, Toronto.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Collects, April 1959.
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 140, (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
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. 142, 296 (repr. col.)
Record last updated February 12, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""After the Storm, Spring 1917 (1917.36)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=672 (accessed on May 19, 2024).