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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 77

Cat. 311 · Painting

Portrait of a Woman In A Summer Dress

Attributed to Alec Fleming

1950s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
61 cm × 51 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1950s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
Signed on the painted surface by a later hand A Fleming in marker, bottom right.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 311
Source
Catalogue, entry 311
Status
Private collection
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Description

A young woman seated by a fireplace in a summer dress.

Commentary

An affecting sketchy and very rapidly described intimate composition, possibly a portrait of the artist’s wife Barbara Fleming Possibly 1950s.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

The catalogue records a signature but qualifies it; the attribution is given as the cataloguer’s opinion.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Signed on the painted surface by a later hand A Fleming in marker, bottom right.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Signed on the painted surface by a later hand A Fleming in marker, bottom right.

Verso

B F in marker.

Condition

Good Unvarnished.

Further works

Alec Fleming