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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 79

Cat. 317 · Painting

Portrait of a Man in Traditional South African Dress

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
61 cm × 51 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Signed A Fleming in capitals in marker by a later hand bottom right.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 317
Source
Catalogue, entry 317
Status
Private collection
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Description

A man dressed in southern African traditional dress.

Commentary

A different subject, painted with strong multi directional strokes, painted possibly when on holiday in South Africa.

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 capitals in marker by a later hand bottom right.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Signed A Fleming in capitals in marker by a later hand bottom right.

Verso

A Fleming in 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.

Further works

Alec Fleming