1916.34
Cranberry Marsh and Hill
Alternate title: Cranberry Marsh
Spring 1916
Oil on wood
8 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (21.9 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., by MacCallum, in graphite, Cranberry Marsh & Hill; u.r., in blue pencil, From Collection / Mrs. Harkness / Sister of Artist; u.c., 1915 [4 over 5 which has been crossed out]; u.c., in graphite, #335; l.r., 84 M. Thomson; b., black crayon, Sketch #6; l.r., in graphite, 1; u.l., (in 1970) good
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; u.l., by MacCallum, in graphite, Cranberry Marsh & Hill; u.r., in blue pencil, From Collection / Mrs. Harkness / Sister of Artist; u.c., 1915 [4 over 5 which has been crossed out]; u.c., in graphite, #335; l.r., 84 M. Thomson; b., black crayon, Sketch #6; l.r., in graphite, 1; u.l., (in 1970) good
Provenance
Exhibition History
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 8, as Cranberry Marsh, lent by the artist's family, Owen Sound.
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Inaugural Exhibition, December 1953–January 1954, no. 57.
Chautauqua Art Association and Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, Canadian Group of Seven and Eskimo Folk Art, August 1963.
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Up North: A Northern Ontario Tragedy, June–August 1997. Traveled to: McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, January–March 1998; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June–August 1998; Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, October 1998.
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 101, (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
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 132 (repr. col.)
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. 138, 256 (repr. col.), 333n153.
Record last updated February 26, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Cranberry Marsh and Hill, Spring 1916 (1916.34)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=476 (accessed on May 2, 2025).