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1917.08
Early Spring, Canoe Lake
Spring 1917
Oil on wood
8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (21.6 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., TOM THOMSON. 1917. / AUTHENTICATED / AND SIGNED BY / J.E.H. MACDONALD A.R.C.A. 1924 [or Aug. '21? (words or date indistinct)]
Inscription verso: in graphite, c., sketch of a bird with notations by Thomson, metal blue / orange / Brown, Old ivory; J.S. Fraser / Mowat Lodge / Canoe Lake / Mowat P.O. Ont; u.c., label, in red pencil and below in graphite, T.37 / Geo Chubb
Inscription verso: in graphite, c., sketch of a bird with notations by Thomson, metal blue / orange / Brown, Old ivory; J.S. Fraser / Mowat Lodge / Canoe Lake / Mowat P.O. Ont; u.c., label, in red pencil and below in graphite, T.37 / Geo Chubb
Private collection, Toronto
Provenance
J. Shannon Fraser, Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park
George W. Chubb, Algonquin Park and Toronto
Estate of George W. Chubb
Waddington's Toronto, 17 May 1967, lot 50
Laing Galleries, Toronto
Private collection, London, Ontario, 1968
Heffel Auction, 26 November 2009, lot 223
Private collection, Toronto
Exhibition History
1995 Thomson
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 5.Published References
Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 191, 232 (repr. col.)Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, cover and 31 (repr. col.)Murray 1998
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998, plates facing 80 (repr. col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 132–133 (repr. col.)Record last updated April 22, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Early Spring, Canoe Lake, Spring 1917 (1917.08)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=644 (accessed on May 18, 2024).