Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 86
Cat. 346 · Painting
Red Lilies
Assigned title
1960s (approximate)
- Medium
- Oil on canvas. unframed canvas lifting in places, requires re- stretching
- Dimensions
- 66 cm × 45 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
- Date
- 1960s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
- Signature
- Unsigned.
- Catalogue no.
- Cat. 346
- Source
- Catalogue, entry 346
- Status
- Private collection
Description
Red lilies in a white pot against a blue grey background.
Commentary
An early rapid still life, in sketchy and loose style, with areas of reserved canvas and unfinished elements sketched in paint. From life, probably in England mid 1960s.
Attribution
Attributed to Alec Fleming.
Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.
Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Unsigned”
Signature and inscriptions
Unsigned.
Verso
A Fleming in faint manuscript.
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
Fair. Some flattening and ragging to top right hand corner. unsigned.
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