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Catalogue entry
1914.80
Algonquin, October
Alternate title: Northern Lake
Fall 1914
Oil on wood
10 9/16 x 8 1/2 in. (26.9 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription verso: panel split
Provenance
J.E.H. MacDonald, Toronto
Frank Erichsen-Brown, Toronto
Robert and Signe McMichael
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1966.16.68). Gift of the Founders, Robert and Signe McMichael, 1966
Exhibition History
1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.1977 McMichael
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Group of Seven: Canadian Landscape Painters, January 22–February 20, 1977, no. 8, ill. in color, as 1915.Published References
Duval 1967
Duval, Paul. The McMichael Conservation Collection: A Catalogue of Outstanding Work by Tom
Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1967, (repr.)Addison 1969
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, facing 43 (repr. col.) as 1915.Duval 1970
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr. col.)Duval 1973
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, pp. 33, 170 (repr.)McMichael 1983
p. 31 (repr. col.)McMichael, R 1986
McMichael, Robert. "One Man's Obsession." One Man's Obsession. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 265.Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 69 (repr.) as 1914.Remarks
Addison to Murray, 9 July 1991: “The only painting that is near Sims Pit that Mark Robinson told him about is on page #42 of Tom Thomson: The Algonquin Years. There were others but I couldn’t find an illustration of the Black Spruce Against a Cold Sky in any of my books.”
The painting was split by Eduard Zukowski, conservator of the then Art Gallery of Toronto.
Record last updated April 4, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Algonquin, October, Fall 1914 (1914.80)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=254 (accessed on May 23, 2025).