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Catalogue entry
1915.62
Lightning, Canoe Lake
Summer 1915
Oil on plywood
8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (21.5 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, Not for Sale; u.l., in ink, AM; u.l., in graphite, Lightning and thunder Storm, Canoe Lake 1915. J. MacCallum; u.r., label, in graphite, T.96; l.r., label, in ink, James MacCallum; c.l., in graphite, 22 (circled)
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., in graphite, Not for Sale; u.l., in ink, AM; u.l., in graphite, Lightning and thunder Storm, Canoe Lake 1915. J. MacCallum; u.r., label, in graphite, T.96; l.r., label, in ink, James MacCallum; c.l., in graphite, 22 (circled)
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4678). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944
Exhibition History
1926 AGT Canadian
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Exhibition of Canadian Paintings, 1926, no. 65.1969 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. 81.1982 Berlin
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, OKANADA, December 5, 1982–January 30, 1983, no. 54, (repr.) Traveled to: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany, February 8–March 20, 1983.1990 Thomson
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 16–September 16, 1990. (repr. col.)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. 304.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. 47.Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 118 (repr. col.)Thom 1990
Thom, Ian M. Tom Thomson. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, cover (repr. col.)Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 63 (repr.)Newlands 2000
Newlands, Anne. "Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000." Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2000, p. 304 (repr. col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 58–59 (repr. col.)Record last updated March 3, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Lightning, Canoe Lake, Summer 1915 (1915.62)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=341 (accessed on May 2, 2025).