Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 70
Cat. 285 · Painting
Onions
Assigned title
Date not recorded
- Medium
- Oil on hardboard
- Dimensions
- 50.5 cm × 40.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
- Date
- Date not recorded
- Signature
- Not recorded
- Catalogue no.
- Cat. 285
- Source
- Catalogue, entry 285
- Status
- Private collection
Description
Onions on a china plate on a brown table.
Commentary
A painting in Alec Fleming’s later style showing an accomplished treatment of the onions contrasting with a fluid and mature rendering of the porcelain drawing on the influence of Chardin.
Attribution
Attributed to Alec Fleming.
Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.
Catalogue wording: “A Fleming”
Verso
A Fleming in black 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
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