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© Art Gallery of Ontario
1914-1915.10
Study for "Northern River"
Winter 1914–15
Graphite, brush and ink and gouache on illustration board
11 13/16 x 10 1/2 in. (30 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: estate stamp; handwritten note with directions for framing; label, Art Gallery of Toronto, Dec. 30/40...from Carl Hunter
Inscription verso: estate stamp; handwritten note with directions for framing; label, Art Gallery of Toronto, Dec. 30/40...from Carl Hunter
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Sir Edmund Walker, 1918
E.M. Walker, Toronto
Carl Hunter, Toronto
Dr Harry Hunter, Toronto
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (82/176). Purchased 1982
Exhibition History
1925 Thomson
University of Toronto, Hart House, Toronto, Exhibition of Tom Thomson Sketches, February 16–28, 1925, lent by E.M. Walker.1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, lent by Mrs. Carl Hunter, Toronto.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 36, (repr.) 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, 1972.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 39, (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 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 71, 92 (repr.)Reid 1975
Reid. Tom Thomson: The Jack Pine. 5, Masterpieces in the National Gallery of Canada, The National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa: 1975, p. 11.Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 94 (repr. col.)Gamester 1983
Gamester, George. "Secret Thomson Sketch is Revealed." Toronto Daily Star, 22 March 1983.Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 33 (repr. col.)Engel 1990
Engel, Marian. Bear. Toronto: New Canadian Library, 1990, (repr. col. cover).Stacey 1991
Stacey, Robert. "The Myth - and Truth - of the True North." In The True North: Canadian Landscape Painting 1896-1939, Tooby, Michael. London, England: Lund Humphries and Barbican Art Gallery, 1991. Exhibition catalogue, p. 51.Murray 1994b
Murray, Joan. Northern Lights: Masterpieces of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1994, p. 54 (repr. col.)Norton 2001
Norton, William. Human Geography. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2001.Reid and Hill 2002
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. 79, 192 (repr. col.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 58 (repr. col.)Silcox 2003
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, p. 52 (repr. Col.)Record last updated March 3, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Study for "Northern River", Winter 1914–15 (1914-1915.10)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=277 (accessed on April 24, 2024).