Northern Painting 25
Lawren Harris
(Canadian, 1885–1970)
1924
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions31 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (80 x 90.2 cm.)
Credit LineGift of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield
Accession number2017.3901
On View
On viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceProbably by the late 1920s/early 1930s, James Sharp Lawson (b. 1890 – d. 1977), Toronto [see note 1]. 1989, private collection, Toronto; May 17, 1989, anonymous (Toronto private collector) sale, Sotheby’s Canada, Toronto, lot 170. 2008, private collection, Toronto; November 24, 2008, anonymous (Toronto private collector) sale, Sotheby’s Toronto / Ritchie’s, lot 96, to Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield, California; 2017, gift of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2017)
NOTES:
[1] “Property of J. S. Lawson – Emmanuel College – Toronto, Ont.” is inscribed on the remains of the original stretcher on the reverse of the painting. Reverend James Sharp Lawson was a graduate and later a staff member of Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, where he held various teaching and library positions from 1932 until at least 1957. Rev. Lawson collected paintings by Canadian artists beginning in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
CopyrightFamily of Lawren S. HarrisNOTES:
[1] “Property of J. S. Lawson – Emmanuel College – Toronto, Ont.” is inscribed on the remains of the original stretcher on the reverse of the painting. Reverend James Sharp Lawson was a graduate and later a staff member of Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, where he held various teaching and library positions from 1932 until at least 1957. Rev. Lawson collected paintings by Canadian artists beginning in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
John Singer Sargent
