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1917.27
The Rapids
Spring 1917
Oil on wood panel
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription verso: u.l., in graphite, 42; u.l., in ink, OWNED BY A.Y. JACKSON (underneath in graphite, A.Y. JACKSON); u.c., in graphite, Reserved Studio Bldg. L.S. Harris (circled); u.r., in graphite 25 SE(VERN ST?) / TORONTO; u.r., in red pencil, T.12 / A.Y. Jackson / Toronto; c.r., in ink, "THE RAPIDS;" c., in ink or black paint, S.B.; l.c., PAINTED BY / TOM THOMSON / PROBABLY IN THE SPRING OF 1917; l.l., label, AGT Dec. 31/40 A.Y. Jackson
Private Collection, Toronto
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Elizabeth Thomson Harkness, Annan and Owen Sound
A.Y. Jackson, Toronto
Dr. Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1945
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibition History
1937 Thomson
Mellors Galleries, 759 Yonge Street, Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Works by Tom Thomson, Mellors Galleries, March 13–31, 1937, no. 15, lent by A.Y. Jackson, Toronto.1941 Thomson
Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, Horatio Walker - Tom Thomson, January 1941.1995 Thomson
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Tom Thomson. The Last Spring, May 4, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 26.2011 Dulwich
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, October 19, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 38, Pl. 39 (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
Murray 1994a
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: The Last Spring. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994, p. 43 (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. 116 (repr.col.)Dejardin 2011
Dejardin, Ian. Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven. London: Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 106 (repr. col.), Pl. 39 (repr. col.)Murray 2011
Murray, Joan. A Treasury of Tom Thomson. Vancouver, Toronto, Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011, pp. 1 (repr. col. det.), 140–141 (repr. col).Remarks
Dr. Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa to Joan Murray, April 1971: “A.Y. Jackson said he chose this work after Thomson’s death because he could never paint a river the way Thomson did.”
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. ""The Rapids, Spring 1917 (1917.27)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=663 (accessed on May 10, 2025).