Catalogue entry

Explore catalogue entries

Medium: Ink »

Support: on paper »

Year(s): 1908 »

1908.03

The Creek

Alternate titles: Ink Drawing; Pen and Ink Drawing

1908

Ink on paper

11 7/8 x 19 11/16 in. (30.1 x 50 cm)

Inscription recto: l.r., Tom Thomson ' 08

Inscription verso: in graphite, McCready

Location Unknown

Provenance

Rev. P.G. McCready, Toronto

Morris Altman, Toronto

Location Unknown

Exhibition History

1957 Thomson London

London Public Library and Art Museum, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, George Thomson 1868 -, July 6–September 6, 1957, no. 7, as Pen and Ink Drawing.

1957 Thomson Windsor

Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 17, as Ink Drawing.

Published References

Murray 1971

Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 16 (repr.)

Murray 1994a

Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 23 as Untitled (repr.)

Remarks

The inspiration for the work could be Telfer’s Creek in Leith.

Record last updated March 9, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Murray, Joan. ""The Creek, 1908 (1908.03)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=47 (accessed on May 1, 2025).