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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 41

Cat. 165 · Painting

The Winding Road

Assigned title

Attributed to Barbara Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
51 cm × 41 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Unsigned.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 165
Source
Catalogue, entry 165
Status
Private collection
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Description

An unmade road winds through a stand of trees, with wheat fields in the middle distance.

Commentary

The impressionistic application suggests Barbara, although the achievement of depth through tone is closer to Alec Fleming. Overall the approach to composition- especially the way the sky has been painted ‘around ‘ the trees, suggests Barbara.

Attribution

Attributed to Barbara Fleming.

Given to Barbara Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming Unsigned”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Unsigned.

Verso

A Fleming 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 Unvarnished.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Barbara Fleming