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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 42

Cat. 172 · Painting

Summer Blooms In A Vase

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
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 172
Source
Catalogue, entry 172
Status
Private collection
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Description

Flowers in a speherical vase.

Commentary

Heavy impasto and strong colour palette Alec Fleming is tackling a less typical subject in this orthodox still life. Likely painted alla prima, in situ from life. The treatment of the background is typical A Fleming. Likely in England later period.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming some random marks to the toothed surface.

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

Slight damage to the toothed surface verso.

Further works

Alec Fleming