1916.97
Petawawa
Fall 1916
Oil on wood
8 3/16 x 10 7/16 in. (20.8 x 26.5 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., estate stamp
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; t., in graphite, NG Petewawa[sic]-Sept 1916; in graphite, Int Blue?; (formerly ) labels, The Elsie Perrin Williams & Willistead A.G.
Inscription verso: c., estate stamp; t., in graphite, NG Petewawa[sic]-Sept 1916; in graphite, Int Blue?; (formerly ) labels, The Elsie Perrin Williams & Willistead A.G.
Exhibition History
1922.
British Empire, Palace of Fine Arts, Wembley Park, London, British Empire Exhibition, Section of Fine Arts, April 23–October 31, 1924, no. 242. Traveled to: Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, November 12–December 12, 1924; Kelvingrove Art Galleries, Glasgow, United Kingdom, December 1924–January 17, 1925; City of Birmingham Municipal Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom, January 30–March 31, 1925.
Nutana Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, November 11–12, 1927.
Camp Ahmek, Canoe Lake, Ontario, Canada, Tom Thomson, August 13, 1930.
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Imperial Economic Conference, July 18, 1932–January 23, 1933, no. 6.
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Tom Thomson 1877 - 1917, October 6–November 2, 1957, no. 29.
National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Cultural Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Tom Thomson, January–March 1958.
Published References
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, p. 296.
Remarks
“Int” on the verso has also been read as “Jut” but MacCallum wrote “Intermediate Blue” on the verso of another sketch, Islands, Canoe Lake, Spring 1916 (1916.20) so “int” probably is an abbreviation to indicate instructions to the framer to use the colour “Intermediate Blue.”
Record last updated June 14, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Petawawa, Fall 1916 (1916.97)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=538 (accessed on April 23, 2024).