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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 83

Cat. 334 · Painting

French Scene

Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board painted unusually for the artist on the toothed surface
Dimensions
Not recorded
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Signed A Fleming in red paint lower right.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 334
Source
Catalogue, entry 334
Status
Private collection
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Description

A woman walking along a French allee be- sides a Bastide church.

Commentary

A traditional scene, painted in a loose stroke with thinner paint and a light palette. En plein aire probably in France.

Attribution

Alec Fleming.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Signed A Fleming in red paint lower right.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Signed A Fleming in red paint lower right.

Verso

Personal label ‘French Scene’ A Fleming £12 Some contact marks.

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 Some dirt on the painted surface.

Further works

Alec Fleming