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1910.01
Advertisement for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance, Owen Sound
Alternate title: Poster for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
1910
Graphite gouache, and watercolour on illustration board
11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (29.5 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription verso: u.r., in graphite, J.M. Fisk; u.l. in graphite, 1; on backing in ballpoint, u.l., This is the work of Tom Thomson / Jessie M. Fisk (niece of Thomson) / who watched while artist / worked
Provenance
Exhibition History
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 22.
Published References
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 15 (repr.) fig. 17.
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 102 (repr.) as Poster for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
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, p. 56 (repr.)
Remarks
Thomson’s brother-in-law was T.J. Harkness, Vice-President of the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance: he is listed in the column of names at the left and right.
This is thought to be an advertizing design, with space left for the addition of a calendar below the image.
Record last updated March 9, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Advertisement for the Sydenham Mutual Fire Insurance, Owen Sound, 1910 (1910.01)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=72 (accessed on May 20, 2024).