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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 11

Cat. 41 · Painting

View Through A Stand Of Trees

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
50 cm × 40 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Signed A Fleming in block capitals to the bottom left.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 41
Source
Catalogue, entry 41
Status
Private collection
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Description

A forest floor in ochres and umbers, seen through dappled shade of a stand of trees.

Commentary

Likely an alla prima painting, in situ, The dry brush marks and reserved areas of primed panel are suggestive of Alec Fleming.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

The catalogue records a signature but qualifies it; the attribution is given as the cataloguer’s opinion.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Signed A Fleming in block capitals to the bottom left. This signature- in marker pen maybe a later addition to show ownership- in place of the ownership mark on the verso.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

Signed A Fleming in block capitals to the bottom left.

Verso

No attribution or ownership mark.

Condition

Good. No watermarking or foxing. Flattening to bottom left and right corners.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming