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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 4

Cat. 14 · Painting

Still Life -Fruit

Assigned title

Possibly Alec Fleming (attribution uncertain)

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on primed hardboard
Dimensions
40 cm × 36 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 14
Source
Catalogue, entry 14
Status
Private collection
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Description

Apples and lemons on a reflected surface.

Commentary

A strong post impressionist influence. loosely painted fruit with some impasto, thin dry brush work in the foreground reflections, using thinned paint wash.

Attribution

Possibly Alec Fleming (attribution uncertain).

The catalogue’s attribution is itself tentative; it is reproduced above and not resolved here.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming?”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming [usual hand] in marker-block letters.

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. some scratching and deterioration to the paint surface. No water damage or foxing present. Unvarnished. A small rivulet or run of varnish scars the surface.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming