At The Window

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium: Oil on hard board -toothed surface
Dimensions: 51 cm × 41 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date: Date not recorded
Signature: No signature.
Catalogue no.: Cat. 229
Source: Catalogue, entry 229
Status: Private collection

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Description

Head of a woman in three quarter view with long hair against a brown background.

Commentary

An excellent example of Alec Fleming’s later work. Most likely painted in England, from life, alla prima with excellent capture of the fall of light from a nearby window. Typically painted as a half portrait in three quarter view. Unusually painted on the toothed surface of the hard board.

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 black marker A chalk cross indicating rejection from an exhibition submission.

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.