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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 78

Cat. 314 · Painting

The Breakfast Table

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

1960s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
61 cm × 51 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1960s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
Signed A Fleming in marker in a later hand.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 314
Source
Catalogue, entry 314
Status
Private collection
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Description

A table laid for breakfast with a chest in the background.

Commentary

Influenced by British kitchen sink painters including Bratby and Gilman Some accurate and delicate under drawing still visible. A very light palette shows skill and experience. Possibly in England 1960s.

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 A Fleming in marker in a later hand”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Signed A Fleming in marker in a later hand.

Verso

A Fleming.

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

Some slight flattening to all four corners.

Provenance and research

Research notes

  • The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.

Further works

Alec Fleming