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Catalogue entry
1916.45
Rapids on Muskoka River
Alternate titles: Rapids in Muskoka River; Rapids, Muskoka River
Spring 1916
Oil on board
8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (21 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: u.l., in ink I Gordon Davies / II Kennedy.; u.l., in graphite, RAL; u.l., in red wax crayon, RALaidlaw; u.l., in dark green wax crayon, 4; u.m., in dark red wax crayon, 11 (circled); u.r., in graphite, RAPIDS ON MUSKOKA RIVER.; u.r., under above title, in graphite, somewhat incised, Mrs. ? Laidlaw; l.m., in graphite, No 26 Mrs. Harkness; l.l., in graphite, CAK; l.l., label, S 243 / 120
Inscription verso: u.l., in ink I Gordon Davies / II Kennedy.; u.l., in graphite, RAL; u.l., in red wax crayon, RALaidlaw; u.l., in dark green wax crayon, 4; u.m., in dark red wax crayon, 11 (circled); u.r., in graphite, RAPIDS ON MUSKOKA RIVER.; u.r., under above title, in graphite, somewhat incised, Mrs. ? Laidlaw; l.m., in graphite, No 26 Mrs. Harkness; l.l., in graphite, CAK; l.l., label, S 243 / 120
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
R.A. Laidlaw, Toronto
Sotheby's Toronto, 6 May 1991, lot 120
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
1919 Thomson
Arts Club, Montreal, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tom Thomson, March 1, 1919, no. 9, as Rapids in Muskoka River. Traveled to: Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March 25–April 12, 1919.1949 Laidlaw
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Sketches on Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto, October–November 1949, no. 11.1959 CNE
Canadian National Exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Private Collectors' Choice in Canadian Art Sponsored by the Canadian Cancer Society, August 1959, as Rapids in Muskoka River.1965 London Eng.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Commonwealth Arts Festival: Treasures from the Commonwealth, September 17–November 13, 1965, no. 335, as Rapids, Muskoka River.Record last updated February 26, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Rapids on Muskoka River, Spring 1916 (1916.45)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=487 (accessed on May 3, 2024).