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Catalogue entry
1917.26
Path Behind Mowat Lodge
Alternate title: Sketch
Spring 1917
Oil on wood
10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (26.8 x 21.4 cm)
Inscription recto: l.l., TOM THOMSON (incised)
Inscription verso: b.c., in graphite, 2951
Inscription verso: b.c., in graphite, 2951
Provenance
Daphne Crombie, Toronto, spring 1917
Brissenden Collection, Vancouver per Rev. P. G. McCready, Toronto, 1969
Joyner Toronto, 20-21 November 1990, lot 58
Private collection, Toronto
Thomson Collection @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Exhibition History
1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941, as Sketch, lent by Mrs. R.L. Crombie, Toronto.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. 135, (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, 2003.2011 Dulwich
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 35, Pl. 38 (repr. col.) Traveled to: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, January 29–May 13, 2012; The Groninger Museum, Groninger, the Netherlands, June 3–October 28, 2012.Published References
Little, R.P. 1955
Little, R.P. "Some Recollections of Tom Thomson and Canoe Lake." Culture 16, no. 2 (June 1955), pp. 205–206.Addison 1969
Addison, Ottelyn, Elizabeth Harwood. Tom Thomson, The Algonquin Years. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1969, p. 65.Little 1970
Little, William T. The Tom Thomson Mystery. Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 1970, pp. 218–19.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. 141, 149, 291 (repr. col.)Murray 2008
Murray, Joan. "Tom Thomson: Trailblazer and Guide." In Canadian Art: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing, 2008, p. 117 (repr.col.)Shields, C 2008
Shields, Conal ed. Ken Thomson The Collector: The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto: Skylet Publishing and The Art Gallery of Ontario, 2008, (cover, repr.col.)Dejardin 2011
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 105 (repr. col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 138–139 (repr. col.)Remarks
In a letter from Ottelyn Addison to Dr. R.H. Hubbard, 15 April 1969, Addison writes that Mrs. Crombie particularly asked Thomson to sign the work. He used a nail to incise his signature, Addison recalled, and added that the sketch depicts a winter lumber road behind Mowat Lodge. Addison writes, “Mrs Crombie particularly admired the long shadows on the snow” (Curatorial accession files, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa).
Record last updated February 16, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Path Behind Mowat Lodge, Spring 1917 (1917.26)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=662 (accessed on May 9, 2025).