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1915.129
First Snow, Canoe Lake
Alternate titles: First of the Snow; First Snow; First Snowfall; Wet Snow
Fall 1915
Oil on wood
8 x 10 5/8 in. (20.3 x 27 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l. in graphite, First Snowfall 1915; u. r., in graphite, #543; c. r., in graphite, No 31 Mrs. Harkness; l.r., label, First Snow / 10 (circled) Not For... [label torn]; l.l., in graphite, Canoe Lake / Back of Frasers.; u.l., in graphite, Tom Thomson; u.c., in ink, TT 49
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l. in graphite, First Snowfall 1915; u. r., in graphite, #543; c. r., in graphite, No 31 Mrs. Harkness; l.r., label, First Snow / 10 (circled) Not For... [label torn]; l.l., in graphite, Canoe Lake / Back of Frasers.; u.l., in graphite, Tom Thomson; u.c., in ink, TT 49
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
Mellors Fine Arts, Toronto, 1937?
Mr. and Mrs. Stikeman, Montreal
Private collection
Exhibition History
1919 Thomson
Arts Club, Montreal, Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tom Thomson, March 1, 1919, no. 10, as First of the Snow, 1915. Traveled to: Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, March 25–April 12, 1919.Published References
Murray 1999b
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Trees. Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1999, pp. 68–69 (repr. col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 88–89 (repr. col.)Record last updated July 4, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""First Snow, Canoe Lake, Fall 1915 (1915.129)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=409 (accessed on June 29, 2025).