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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 50

Cat. 203 · Painting

The Green Dress

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
50.7 cm × 45 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 203
Source
Catalogue, entry 203
Status
Private collection
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Description

A seated woman in a green dress, against a light green armchair with a blue background.

Commentary

A bold experiment in Alec Fleming’s characteristic application of paint, undoubtedly from life, using heavy impasto in an alla prima painting, and a highly expressionistic palette and strong diagonal directional brushstrokes, bearing the influence of Matisse.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “A Fleming No signature”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

No signature.

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.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming