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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 43

Cat. 173 · Painting

The Palazzo

Assigned title

Attributed to Barbara Fleming

1970s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
51 cm × 41 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1970s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 173
Source
Catalogue, entry 173
Status
Private collection
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Description

An Italianate palazzo with gardens to the foreground and a flowering red shrub.

Commentary

The paint handling, particularly in the sky and red florals suggests Barbara Fleming, Unusually this is painted en plein aire.. Possibly 1970s.

Attribution

Attributed to Barbara Fleming.

Given to Barbara Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming”

How attributions are worded

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