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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 42

Cat. 171 · Painting

The Stone Bridge

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
51 cm × 41 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Unsigned.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 171
Source
Catalogue, entry 171
Status
Private collection
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Description

A stone single span bridge over a river.

Commentary

The paint handling in this pastoral scene is suggestive of Alec Fleming. The tonal depth and capture of light especially around the gable end of the building in dry brush impasto are particularly characteristic of his mature style. The ‘lollipop’ trees bear the influence of post impressionism. Probably in England.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Unsigned”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Unsigned.

Verso

A Fleming.

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 Slight flattening to bottom left corner Some contact marks to the paint surface - bottom centre.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming