Roses In A White Vase

Assigned title

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: Not recorded
Catalogue no.: Cat. 328
Source: Catalogue, entry 328
Status: Private collection

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Description

Roses in a white vase.

Commentary

An orthodox composition well rendered.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

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.

Provenance and research

Research notes

The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.

Further works

Alec Fleming

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

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Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard, unvarnished