Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 31
Cat. 134 · Painting
The Mountain
Assigned title
Date not recorded
- Medium
- Oil on hard board
- Dimensions
- 40 cm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
- Date
- Date not recorded
- Signature
- No signature.
- Catalogue no.
- Cat. 134
- Source
- Catalogue, entry 134
- Status
- Private collection
Description
Two trees with scrubland and mountain range in the distance.
Commentary
Showing the influence of French Post Impressionists among them Cezanne The rapid flat contrasting colours and tones build up a dynamic colour field. The sky stratified in short vertical strokes of pale tones shows command of colour theory and confidence.
Attribution
Attributed to Alec Fleming.
Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.
Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming No signature”
Signature and inscriptions
No signature.
Verso
A Fleming A rough and indistinct preliminary pencil sketch.
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.
Provenance and research
Research notes
- The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.
Further works
Alec Fleming
Cat. 1
Woman in a Pearl Necklace
Attributed to Alec Fleming
1930s in style · Oil on hand-stretched canvas, fixed with nails; unframed
Cat. 2
Self Portrait – Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly early to mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 3
Self Portrait – Head, Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 4
African Violets
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard, unvarnished