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Michelle Wilson
1912.11
Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park
Spring 1912
Oil on paperboard (Birchmore board)
6 7/8 x 10 in. (17.6 x 25.4 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, Smoke Lake / Algonquin Park / 1912; c.r., in ink, C.A (or H.A.)
Callighan; l.l., in graphite, TT12; l.l., in graphite, TOM THOMSON; l.l., in graphite, 1845G; b.c.,
in graphite, 14/L
Callighan; l.l., in graphite, TT12; l.l., in graphite, TOM THOMSON; l.l., in graphite, 1845G; b.c.,
in graphite, 14/L
Provenance
Exhibition History
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Algonquin Gallery, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, Algonquin Memories: Tom Thomson in Algonquin Park, June 25–October 25, 1998.
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 4, (repr. col.) Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 5, 2002–January 5, 2003; Musée du Québec, Quebec City, February 6–April 3, 2003; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, May 30–September 7, 2003; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 29–December 7, 2003.
Published References
Little, R.P. "Some Recollections of Tom Thomson and Canoe Lake." Culture 16, no. 2 (June 1955), p. 202.
Little, William T. The Tom Thomson Mystery. Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 1970, pp. 64, 122–23, 214.
Northway, Mary L., J. Alex Edmison, J. Harry Ebbs and John W. Ebbs. Nominigan: A Casual History. Toronto, 1970, p. 17.
Northway, Mary L. Nominigan: The Early Years. Toronto: University of Toronto, 1970, p. 6.
Addison, Ottelyn. Early Days in Algonquin Park. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1974, p. 75.
Reid, Dennis and Charles C. Hill. Tom Thomson. Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre with the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 119–120, 156 (repr. col.)
Remarks
The work depicts Nominigan Point just after being cleared and before the hotel was constructed in the fall of 1912. Mary L. Northway’s parents owned Nominigan from 1931 to 1960.
Record last updated April 28, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park, Spring 1912 (1912.11)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=104 (accessed on May 1, 2025).