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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 9

Cat. 35 · Painting

The Harbour

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard- unvarnished
Dimensions
51 cm × 40.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 35
Source
Catalogue, entry 35
Status
Private collection
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Description

An unusual subject of a smoking chimney alongside a small harbour with boats.

Commentary

The standing figure to the right of the painting has echoes of the A Fleming painting ‘Man Fishing’ which in turn nods to the approach of LS Lowry in suggested figures with an economy of strokes. Likely painted en plein air. The confident light, skipping brush strokes, especially in the reflection of the chimney are suggestive of a later, confident hand.

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 Fleming in block capitals. Some random white paint 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

Fair. Some flattening to the top right hand corner.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming