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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 3

Cat. 12 · Painting

The Grindstone

Assigned title

Barbara Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on primed hard board. unvarnished
Dimensions
30 cm × 40 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Signed in red B Fleming bottom right.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 12
Source
Catalogue, entry 12
Status
Private collection
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Description

A circular grindstone, in bright sunlight, propped by a Romanesq ue arched doorway. with a copse of tress in the distance.

Commentary

A close composition, likely painted en plein air. Strong shadows suggest a mid day light, possibly in rural France. An impressionistic approach is predominant especially in the depiction of the trees. Confident and ‘obvious’ brush strokes, suggest later B Fleming.

Attribution

Barbara Fleming.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming Signed in red B Fleming bottom right.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Signed in red B Fleming bottom right.

Verso

A Fleming. block Letters in marker Some water staining to the reverse. Slight flattening damage to all four corners.

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

Fair condition overall. No water staining or damage to the paint surface.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Barbara Fleming