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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 43

Cat. 174 · Study

The Cave

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. 174
Source
Catalogue, entry 174
Status
Private collection
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Description

A study of figures in a cave painting.

Commentary

An unusual subject possibly captured fro sketches or a photograph. From cave paintings possibly visited in person in Lascaux in South west France. Later period.

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 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

Alec Fleming