Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2022.078.001 |
Object Name |
T-Shirt |
Title |
Tom Thomson Days T-shirt |
Date |
2002 |
Year Range from |
2002 |
Year Range to |
2002 |
Artist |
Yost, George |
Made |
Fruit of the Loom/Yost, George |
Place of Origin |
Balaclava, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
Description |
White 100% cotton unisex size small t-shirt with a green screen printed image of Tom Thomson's Jack Pine painting on the front. Around the image of the Jack Pine around the four sides of the graphic it reads (from top going clockwise) "TOM THOMSON DAYS / TOM THOMSON - AUGUST 1877-JULY 1917 / FRIENDS of LEITH CHURCH TOM THOSON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY / LEITH CHURCH 1865. DESIGNATED 1992, RESTORED 2002". |
Provenance |
T-shirt manufactured by Fruit of the Loom in Mexico. The screen print was designed by George Yost (1929-2016) an artist and volunteer who supported the restoration of the Leith United Church (1862) of Grey County and its reuse are a performing arts venue. George Yost and his wife Katherine Lochnan purchased the Fraser Farm in Balaclava, a century farm, in 1987. Last owned by Katherine Lochnan. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Adult Unisex/Unknown |
Material |
Cotton/Paint |
Medium |
Textile |
Dimensions |
H-72 W-75 cm |
Found |
Balaclava, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Thomson, Tom Yost, George |
Subjects |
Churches Art |
Search Terms |
Leith (Village of) Leith United Church (former Leith Presbyterian Church) Balaclava |