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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 33

Cat. 138d · Painting

Flowering Plant

Assigned title

Attributed to Barbara Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
40 cm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 138d
Source
Catalogue, entry 138d
Status
Private collection
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Description

A large flowering house plant in a cream ceramic pot sitting on a mid blue table cloth.

Commentary

Likely an early still with unusual levels of impasto, perhaps denoting a determined experimentalism with the medium. Subject is common for Barbara Fleming and Alec. This could be an early Alec Fleming due to levels of impasto and confidence of the brush marks. Barbara tends to be more hesitant, with thinner paint and less concerned with depth and tonality. On balance this is probably by Barbara.

Attribution

Attributed to Barbara Fleming.

Given to Barbara Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

B Fleming in black marker in the usual hand.

Condition

Fair. Piercing to the top centre, possibly from informal hanging.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Barbara Fleming