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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 37

Cat. 150 · Painting

Fruit on green silk

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on smooth side of hard board
Dimensions
61 cm × 50.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 150
Source
Catalogue, entry 150
Status
Private collection
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Description

Aples and orange on green fabric with brown paper wrapping.

Commentary

An archetype of Alec Fleming’s work in terms of subject and execution. Strong impasto is used to describe the fruit which catches the light convincingly as do the ridges in the crumpled brown paper. The rapid confident brush marks and sympathetic tones suggest that this larger than usual still life was painted from life, likely in a single sitting.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming Black marker pen.

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. Unvarnished Bottom left corner damaged.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming