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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 35

Cat. 142 · Painting

Still Life Onions in A Bag

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
53 cm × 44 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 142
Source
Catalogue, entry 142
Status
Private collection
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Description

Onions tumbling from a bag.

Commentary

An accomplished still life, probably from a single sitting, owing influence to Chardin and French and Dutch masters. The capture of light on the bag and the onion in the foreground shows the artist’s skill in reading what is in front of him.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming No signature”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

No signature.

Verso

A Fleming in purple marker [faded]

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 Some pale blue liner contact marks, possibly from wet storage.

Further works

Alec Fleming