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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 30

Cat. 118 · Study

Woman With A Yellow Collar

Attributed to Alec Fleming

1940s–1950s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
36 cm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1940s–1950s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
Unsigned.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 118
Source
Catalogue, entry 118
Status
Private collection
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Description

A head and shoulders study of a middle aged woman in a yellow shirt with fawn sweater.

Commentary

Possibly painted contemporaneously with Cat 94 Woman With A Blue Head. A similar palette and approach to the skin tones. Bolder, more rigorous and looser than Alec Flemings late 1940s and 1950s portrait studies. Th e strong almost sculptural brush strokes and heavy impasto for the flesh tones, lean on Frank Auerbach’s influence and show that Alec Fleming was very aware of contemporaries.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Unsigned”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Unsigned.

Verso

A Fleming in feint marker.

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

Good Unvarnished.

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Alec Fleming