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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 28

Cat. 110 · Painting

The Straight Road

Assigned title

Attributed to Barbara Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
40 cm × 29.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Unsigned.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 110
Source
Catalogue, entry 110
Status
Private collection
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Description

Houses against a wintry backdrop, with parallel hedges in the foreground.

Commentary

Undoubtedly painted in situ and all prima, The fleeting directional brush strokes, particularly in the painting of the five bar gate and the hedge in the foreground suggest Barbara Fleming.

Attribution

Attributed to Barbara Fleming.

Given to Barbara Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming Unsigned”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Unsigned.

Verso

A Fleming in marker. A faint preliminary sketch, rudimentary details of the painted scene.

The reverse is marked “A Fleming” in block capitals. Many boards in the collection carry this marking, and some of them are considered to be by Barbara Fleming. The marking may record ownership rather than authorship and is not treated here as evidence of attribution.

Condition

Unvarnished. Some contact marks, possibly from storage.

Provenance and research

Research notes

  • The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.

Further works

Barbara Fleming