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Year(s): 1911 »
1911.05
Near Owen Sound
November 1911
Oil on wood
5 7/8 x 8 7/16 in. (14.9 x 21.4 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., Tom Thomson

Inscription verso: t., in graphite, Near Owen Sound / November 1911; beneath inscription, in graphite, 15.00
Provenance
Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, c. 1914
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (4702). Bequest of Dr. J.M. MacCallum, Toronto, 1944
Exhibition History
1969 MacCallum
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Jackman Gift of Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some of the Members of the Group of Seven, January 25–February 23, 1969, no. 46.
1969 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, Paintings by Tom Thomson: The Second Anniversary Exhibition, May 23–June 15, 1969, no. 16.
1970 NGC
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The Group of Seven, June 19–September 8, 1970, no. 16, (repr.) Traveled to: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22–October 31, 1970.
1971 Thomson
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Art of Tom Thomson, October 30–December 12, 1971, no. 2, (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.
1977 Thomson
Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery and Museum of Fine Art, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, The Tom Thomson Memorial Exhibition, May 4–June 1, 1977, no. 4.
Published References
Hubbard 1960b
Hubbard, R.H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Vol. III, Canadian School. Ottawa, Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1960, p. 307.
Reid 1969
Reid, Dennis. The MacCallum Bequest of Paintings by Tom Thomson and Other Canadian Painters & the Mr. and Mrs. HR. Jackman Gift of the Murals from the Late Dr. MacCallum's Cottage Painted by Some Members of the Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1969. Exhibition catalogue, p. 43.
Reid 1970
Reid, Dennis. The Group of Seven. Ottawa: The National Gallery of Canada, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, p. 49 (repr.)
Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 21, 65 (repr.)
Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, pp. 24, 40, 41, 53 (repr. col.)
Hannon 2002
Hannon, Gerald. "Sunday in the Park With Tom." Canadian Art 19, no. 3 (Fall/Sept 2002), p. 81 (repr. col.)
Record last updated March 9, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Near Owen Sound, November 1911 (1911.05)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=80 (accessed on May 6, 2025).