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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 84

Cat. 339 · Painting

Portrait

Attributed to Alec Fleming

1960s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
61 cm × 51 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1960s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 339
Source
Catalogue, entry 339
Status
Private collection
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Description

Head of a girl in a pink shirt and black cardigan.

Commentary

A particularly well painted portrait unusually of a sitter with elbow on a table, but typically in three quarter views. The flesh tones are beginning to show the characteristic paint handling with a nod to Lucian Freud Mid to late 1960s in England. Likely from life.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

Personal label- portrait £15 A Fleming chalk mark 11- possibly a submission number.

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 flattening to the corners Unvarnished.

Provenance and research

Research notes

  • The catalogue marks this title [given].

Further works

Alec Fleming