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1916.76
Cranberry Marsh
Summer 1916
Oil on wood panel
8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (21.9 x 27 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in black crayon, 14; u.l., in graphite, 1916 Cranberry Marsh & Hillside on Ragged Lake going over into Crown Lake / Callighen says Island lake; u.l., in ink, AM; l.r., in ink, Make frame light gold to accentuate blue water-& also to / make hill slope gradually back; l.c., in graphite, No. 39 Mrs. Harkness
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in black crayon, 14; u.l., in graphite, 1916 Cranberry Marsh & Hillside on Ragged Lake going over into Crown Lake / Callighen says Island lake; u.l., in ink, AM; l.r., in ink, Make frame light gold to accentuate blue water-& also to / make hill slope gradually back; l.c., in graphite, No. 39 Mrs. Harkness
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4698). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944
Exhibition History
1966 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Tom Thomson: Sketches, September 2–25, 1966, no. 26. Traveled to: Memorial Art Gallery, St. John's, Canada, October 7–30, 1966; Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, November 10–December 4, 1966; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, December 16, 1966–January 8, 1967; Sir George Williams University, Montreal, January 20–February 12, 1967; London Art Museum, London, Ontario, February 24–March 19, 1967; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 31–April 23, 1967; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 5–28, 1967; Dartmouth's Canadian Year, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 6–30, 1967 (Separate exhibition catalogue); Confederation Centenary Celebration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 15–November 5, 1967; Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, November 19–December 10, 1967; Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, January 4–28, 1968; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 11–March 3, 1968; Calgary Allied Arts Council, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 17–April 7, 1968; Mendel Art Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, April 21–May 12, 1968; Brandon Allied Arts Centre, Brandon, Manitoba, May 26–June 16, 1968.1969 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. 108.1969 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 15.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 92, (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.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. 307.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. 51.Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 43, 84 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 133 (repr. col.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 56 (repr. col.)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. ""Cranberry Marsh, Summer 1916 (1916.76)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=518 (accessed on May 7, 2024).