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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 42

Cat. 170 · Study

Study of a Woman In Blue Shirt and Headscarf

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
51 cm × 41 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 170
Source
Catalogue, entry 170
Status
Private collection
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Description

A woman in peasant dress and headscarf.

Commentary

A ‘classic’ piece in the style of Alec Fleming, Probably earlier in his career. The heavy directional impasto of the ‘Bomberg’ school is to the fore especially in the skin tones. The single colour clothing and contrasting single colour background are also stylistically consistent to this period.

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 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

Fair Unvarnished.

Further works

Alec Fleming