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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 44

Cat. 179 · Painting

The Cave

Assigned title

Possibly Alec Fleming (attribution uncertain)

1960s–1970s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on board. framed and inset in white woord
Dimensions
40 cm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1960s–1970s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 179
Source
Catalogue, entry 179
Status
Private collection
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Description

A blue pool beneath the entrance to a cave.

Commentary

A modernist picture in a highly stylised approach. Different in style from A and B Fleming. Likely to be 1960s/early 70s. Possibly related to Cat 174.

Attribution

Possibly Alec Fleming (attribution uncertain).

Unsigned. The catalogue gives only “A Fleming”, and the reverse carries the ‘A Fleming’ marker, which the catalogue’s introductory note says may denote ownership rather than authorship. The work is therefore not attributed to Alec Fleming on that basis.

Catalogue wording: “A Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

In Ballpoint pen ‘Magnolias’ A Fleming, written over The Water Garden - B Fleming onto frame.

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.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Linked material

Related works

Further works

Alec Fleming