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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 47

Cat. 190 · Painting

Woman In A High Necked Dress

Assigned title

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
Signed and underlined Untypically signed A Fleming in red paint bottom right.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 190
Source
Catalogue, entry 190
Status
Private collection
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Description

A woman in three quarter view, half portrait with long brunette hair and a blue high neck dress.

Commentary

Early to mid 1970s with the loose and fluid rapid painting of the dress contrasting with the heavy more detailed description of the face in shorter flat impasto strokes. Later career A Fleming. Possibly for exhibition.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

The catalogue records a signature but qualifies it; the attribution is given as the cataloguer’s opinion.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Signed and underlined Untypically signed A Fleming in red paint bottom right.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Signed and underlined Untypically signed A Fleming in red paint bottom right.

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