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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 46

Cat. 185 · Study

Study of a Woman Knitting

Attributed to Alec 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
Unsigned.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 185
Source
Catalogue, entry 185
Status
Private collection
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Description

A woman in spectacles and a grey sweater knitting a blue garment.

Commentary

A tell tale sign of Alec Fleming’s later approach to paint handling is the use of overpainting fleshly highlights in impasto especially to hands and face, in sympathy with the later work of Lucian Freud. Possibly a portrait of Barbara Fleming in the 1970s.

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 Significant wait paint marks to the verso.

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 No staining.

Further works

Alec Fleming