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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 43

Cat. 175 · Painting

Garden Boots

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
51 cm × 40.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 175
Source
Catalogue, entry 175
Status
Private collection
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Description

Two wellington boots and a garden fork in a doorway.

Commentary

A heavy impasto and strong directional brush strokes with a powerful tonal impact suggest an in situ alla prima study by A Fleming.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec 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

Fair Unvarnished.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming