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Catalogue entry
1908.19
View from the Windows of Grip Ltd.
c.1908–10
Gouache and watercolour on paper
5 7/8 x 4 in. (14.9 x 10.2 cm)
Private Collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
Jessie Fisk, Owen Sound
Sotheby's Toronto, 14-15 May 1984, lot 141
Private Collection
Published References
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 15 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 37 (repr. col.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 26 (repr. col.)Remarks
This sketch was found in Thomson’s sketchbox after his death. It was probably painted from the offices of Grip on Temperance Street before 1911 when the firm moved to the Graphic Arts building on Richmond Street. Harold James, who worked at Grip at the time (he was eighteen), recalled that the building shown was the roof of the old Burlesque Theatre on Richmond Street (Harold James to Joan Murray, 6 June 1971).
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. ""View from the Windows of Grip Ltd., c.1908–10 (1908.19)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=63 (accessed on May 11, 2024).