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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 10

Cat. 39 · Painting

Man in a Purple Jacket

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

1960s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on hardboard -unvarnished
Dimensions
50.5 cm × 40.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1960s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 39
Source
Catalogue, entry 39
Status
Private collection
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Description

Head and half figure of a middle aged man in glasses wearing a purple roll neck sweater and purple jacket against a green/blue background.

Commentary

The torn paper quality of the flat brushed impasto paint in the face along with the dry brush application and reserved areas of primed panel to denote the fall of light are markers of an assured hand. The mature style and subject suggest mid/late 1960s Alec Fleming.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming in block capitals- marker pen.

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.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming