1916.75
The Enchanted Stream, Midnight
Alternate titles: Brook, Night; The Brook, Night
Summer 1916
Oil on wood
21 1/2 x 26 11/16 in. (54.6 x 67.8 cm) (other)
Inscription recto: l.r., TOM THOMSON
Inscription verso: l.c., in graphite, 83 (circled); l.l., in graphite, 12 (circled); u.c., label, The Brook-Night? James MacCallum (erased); u.c., label, The Enchanted Stream / Midnight Dr. James MacCallum / (in graphite) ca. 1916
Inscription verso: l.c., in graphite, 83 (circled); l.l., in graphite, 12 (circled); u.c., label, The Brook-Night? James MacCallum (erased); u.c., label, The Enchanted Stream / Midnight Dr. James MacCallum / (in graphite) ca. 1916
Provenance
Exhibition History
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1926, no. 59, as The Brook, Night.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Jackman Gift of Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some of the Members of the Group of Seven, January 25–February 23, 1969, no. 117.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 93, (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.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 16–September 16, 1990.
Published References
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, p. 305.
Reid, Dennis. The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. HR. Jackman Gift of the Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some Members of the Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1969. Exhibition catalogue, p. 53.
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 43, 84 (repr.)
Record last updated February 25, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""The Enchanted Stream, Midnight, Summer 1916 (1916.75)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=517 (accessed on April 24, 2024).