Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 86
Cat. 345 · Painting
Woman Reading
Assigned title
1960s (approximate)
- Medium
- Oil on hard board framed in white wood
- 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. 345
- Source
- Catalogue, entry 345
- Status
- Private collection
Description
Woman in a pink sweater reading.
Commentary
Early 1960s. A Highly stylised palette possibly early 196os, with an emerging impasto. Possibly a portrait of the artist’s wife. From life.
Attribution
Attributed to Alec Fleming.
Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.
Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”
Verso
An early unfinished expressionist still life on the toothed surface.
Condition
Good Unvarnished.
Provenance and research
Research notes
- The title is marked [assigned] in the catalogue.
Further works
Alec Fleming
Cat. 1
Woman in a Pearl Necklace
Attributed to Alec Fleming
1930s in style · Oil on hand-stretched canvas, fixed with nails; unframed

Cat. 2
Self Portrait – Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly early to mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard

Cat. 3
Self Portrait – Head, Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard

Cat. 4
African Violets
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard, unvarnished