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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 80

Cat. 324 · Study

Barbara Fleming- Nude Study

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: Not recorded
Catalogue no.: Cat. 324
Source: Catalogue, entry 324
Status: Private collection

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Description

A nude study - reclining.

Commentary

An intimate and rapidly executed life study of a nude in a bead necklace. Likely a portrait of B Fleming late 1950s.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

Mrs B Fleming -My Wife.

Condition

Good.

Further works

Oil portrait of a woman with dark hair dressed with a small bow, wearing a purple twin set and a double strand of pearls, against a dark brown ground.

Cat. 1

Woman in a Pearl Necklace

Attributed to Alec Fleming

1930s in style · Oil on hand-stretched canvas, fixed with nails; unframed

Loosely painted oil portrait of a bearded man with dark hair in a cream open-necked shirt, set against dark umber and green brushwork.

Cat. 2

Self Portrait – Alec Fleming

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Possibly early to mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard

Rapidly painted oil study of the head and shoulders of a bearded man with dark hair in a pale open-necked shirt, against a terracotta-pink ground.

Cat. 3

Self Portrait – Head, Alec Fleming

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Possibly mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard

Thickly painted oil study of two large mauve and purple flowers above dark green leaves.

Cat. 4

African Violets

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard, unvarnished