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© Art Gallery of Ontario
1916.73
Bateaux
Summer 1916
Oil on wood
8 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. (21.5 x 26.8 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; l.l., in graphite, no. 48 Mrs. Harkness; c., in red pencil, 46; u.r., in graphite, W.C.L.; below stamp in graphite, G; (in 1970) inscribed on stretcher, in graphite, 5 Bateaux Rouges 48. Harkness?
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; l.l., in graphite, no. 48 Mrs. Harkness; c., in red pencil, 46; u.r., in graphite, W.C.L.; below stamp in graphite, G; (in 1970) inscribed on stretcher, in graphite, 5 Bateaux Rouges 48. Harkness?
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (853). Gift from the Reuben and Kate Leonard Canadian Fund, 1927
Exhibition History
1937 Thomson
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 36, lent by the Art Gallery of Toronto.1947 AGT
Art Gallery of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Pictures Purchased by the Albert H. Robson Fund, October 1947.1957 AGT
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Comparisons: An Exhibition Organized by the Art Gallery of Toronto, January 11–February 3, 1957, no. 81.1969 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 7.1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 94, (repr.) Traveled to: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 15–February 3, 1972; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, February 25–March 31, 1972; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, April 14–May 28, 1972; Confederation Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 2–September 5, 1972.2002 Thomson
National Gallery of Canada; Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, June 7–September 8, 2002, no. 106, (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, 2003.2004 St. Petersburg
Art Gallery of Ontario, Alexander Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Tom Thomson, September 10–November 14, 2004, no. 47.Published References
Robson 1937
Robson, Albert H. Tom Thomson. , Canadian Art Series. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1937, pp. 22–23 (repr. col.)Buchanan 1938
Buchanan, Donald W. "The Story of Canadian Art." Canadian Geographical Journal 17, no. 6 (December 1938), p. 288 (repr. col.)McInnes 1940
McInnes, G.C. "Tom Thomson." New World Illustrated 1, no. 1 (March 1940), (repr.)Canadian Review of Music and Art 1942
[unknown title]. Canadian Review of Music and Art (May 1942), p. 9 (repr. col.)Art Gallery of Toronto 1947–48
Art Gallery of Toronto. Programme 1947-1948. Toronto: The Gallery, 1948, inside of back cover (repr. col.)Canadian 1954
(repr. col.)Art Gallery of Toronto 1957
Comparisons: An Exhibition Organized by the Art Gallery of Toronto. Toronto: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1957. Exhibition catalogue, no. 81.Art Gallery of Toronto 1959
Painting and Sculpture: Illustrations of Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the
Collection. Toronto: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1959, p. 41 (repr. col.)Bradfield 1970
Bradfield, Helen. Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Company of Canada Limited, 1970, p. 442 (repr.)Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 43, 84 (repr.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 79 (repr. col.)Murray 1984
Murray, Joan. The Best of the Group of Seven. Edmonton, AB: Hurtig, 1984, p. 45 (repr. col.)McMichael, R 1986
McMichael, Robert. "One Man's Obsession." One Man's Obsession. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 41.Booth 1995
Booth, David. Images of Nature: Canadian Poets and The Group of Seven. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1995, pp. 26–27 (repr. col.) Murray 1994b, 61 (repr. col.)Reid and Hill 2002
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. 32, 138, 149, 261 (repr. col.)Silcox 2002
Silcox, David P. Tom Thomson: An Introduction to his Life and Art. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2002, p. 40 (repr. col.)Silcox 2003
Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003, p. 254 (repr. col.)Remarks
W.C.L. on the verso refers to Walter C. Laidlaw who may have considered buying the sketch.
Pointer boats were used mainly in the spring to guide logs down swollen rivers toward sawmills.
Record last updated February 25, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Bateaux, Summer 1916 (1916.73)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=515 (accessed on April 26, 2024).