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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 32

Cat. 135 · Painting

Picture of B Fleming

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
42.5 cm × 32.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 135
Source
Catalogue, entry 135
Status
Private collection
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Description

A portrait of a woman [Barbara Fleming ]in a polo necked top with short hair.

Commentary

An early work by Alec Fleming of his wife and fellow artist Barbara, most likely from life in a single sitting in England. The diagonal brush strokes show the influence of English modernism whilst the composition and palette nod towards the German Expression- ist movement. Fleming;s signature flat brush work is already evident in the skin tones.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

Picture of B Fleming by A Fleming 1949 in 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.

Provenance and research

Research notes

  • The catalogue marks this title [given].

Further works

Alec Fleming