Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 56
Cat. 227 · Painting
The Garden
Date not recorded
- Medium
- Oil on hard board
- Dimensions
- 51 cm × 41 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
- Date
- Date not recorded
- Signature
- Unsigned.
- Catalogue no.
- Cat. 227
- Source
- Catalogue, entry 227
- Status
- Private collection
Description
A view across a garden with a green- house and bird bath.
Commentary
An unusual subject for A Fleming. An accomplished from life study of a garden, possibly the artist’s own. Clearly painted from an elevated viewpoint possibly a bedroom window.
Attribution
Attributed to Alec Fleming.
Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.
Catalogue wording: “A Fleming Unsigned”
Signature and inscriptions
Unsigned.
Verso
An initial sketch of the painted scene in pencil. 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.
Further works
Alec Fleming
Cat. 1
Woman in a Pearl Necklace
Attributed to Alec Fleming
1930s in style · Oil on hand-stretched canvas, fixed with nails; unframed
Cat. 2
Self Portrait – Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly early to mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 3
Self Portrait – Head, Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 4
African Violets
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard, unvarnished