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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 47

Cat. 191 · Painting

Woman in a Blue Scarf

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
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 191
Source
Catalogue, entry 191
Status
Private collection
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Description

A woman in three quarter view. seated in a cream coat with a blue neckerchief.

Commentary

More sketchily rendered than some of A Fleming’s later works, this is undoubtedly of that period and typically drawn from life, The sitter’s expression is less convincingly captured than some, but the brush marks are undoubtedly late Fleming. The loose rendering of the sitter's coat shows confidence and ability.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming in blue 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 some water marking to the verso.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming