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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 9

Cat. 33 · Painting

Still Life With Oysters

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
51 cm × 40.3 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 33
Source
Catalogue, entry 33
Status
Private collection
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Description

Still life of a stemmed bowl of oranges, vase of flowers, dish of oysters and fruit.

Commentary

A commanding still life with heavy impasto and a bright fresh palette, owing no small debt to Matisse in colour. The abandonment of rigorous perspective in favour of a striking composition with bold outlines and high contrast are indicative of the French influence on Alec Fleming’s mid period mature work.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming -No signature.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

No signature.

Verso

A Flemi ng in block capitals 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

Unvarnished. Some damage to bottom right hand corner. Some in- termittent damage to the paint surface where impasto ridges have come into contact with external planes.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming