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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 71

Cat. 286 · Painting

Woman In A Navy Scarf

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
50.5 cm × 40.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 286
Source
Catalogue, entry 286
Status
Private collection
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Description

Woman in a white shirt and navy scarf.

Commentary

A later work by A Fleming showing an archetypal subject with a sitter in half portrait. The treatment of the fabric in layered whites with dry brush work is particularly convincing.

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. som random primer marks.

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