OSA
1877 - 1917
Canadian
Winter Morning
oil on panel, spring 1915
stamped with the estate stamp and on verso signed, titled, dated "Spring 1915" in Dr. J.M. MacCallum's hand, inscribed "Not for sale" in Lawren Harris's hand, "No. 152, Mrs. Harkness" and variously and stamped with the estate stamp
8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in, 21.4 x 26.7 cm
Estimate: $1,000,000 - $1,500,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Vancouver
PROVENANCE
Estate of the Artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, sister of the Artist, Owen Sound
R.A. Laidlaw, Toronto
Libby’s Art Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Canadian Art, Joyner / Waddington’s, November 24, 2009, lot 75
The Collection of Torben V. Kristiansen, Vancouver
LITERATURE
Joan Murray, A Treasury of Tom Thomson (limited edition of 15), 2011, reproduced front cover
Joan Murray, A Treasury of Tom Thomson, 2011, discussed page 40, reproduced page 28 (also verso of work) and page 41
Ian A.C. Dejardin and Sarah Milroy, editors, Tom Thomson: North Star, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2023, reproduced page 222 and listed page 267
EXHIBITED
Art Gallery of Toronto, Sketches on Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto, October – November 1949, catalogue #42
Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Private Collectors’ Choice in Canadian Art, sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society, August 1959
Galerie Eric Klinkhoff, Montreal, Collectors' Treasures: Annual Loan Exhibition, October 19 – November 2, 2019, catalogue #50
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Tom Thomson: North Star, June 24, 2023 – January 14, 2024, traveling in 2024 to the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, and the Audain Art Museum, Whistler
For full cataloguing, essay and images in PDF format, please click here.
For the biography on Torben V. Kristiansen in PDF format, please click here.
Estimate: $1,000,000 - $1,500,000 CAD
All prices are in Canadian Dollars
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