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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 31

Cat. 122 · Painting

A Distant Stand Of Trees

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
40 cm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 122
Source
Catalogue, entry 122
Status
Private collection
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Description

A distant stand of trees sweeps across a flat valley with undulating hills in the distance.

Commentary

A simple pastoral scene in the English tradition painted most likely from life in situ.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming in black 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 Flattening to top left corner. Contact mark top centre of the painted surface.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming