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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
Provenance
Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1916
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4685). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944
Exhibition History
1926 AGT Canadian
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1926, no. 59, as The Brook, Night.
1969 MacCallum
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.
1971 Thomson
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.
1990 Thomson
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 16–September 16, 1990.
Published References
Hubbard 1960b
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 1969
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 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 43, 84 (repr.)
Murray 1986a
Murray, Joan. The Best of Tom Thomson. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1986, p. 59 (repr. col.)
Thom 1990
Thom, Ian M. Tom Thomson. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalogue.
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 May 6, 2024).