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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 13

Cat. 51 · Painting

The Or- namental Pond

Assigned title

Attributed to Barbara Fleming

Date not recorded

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

A likely English pastoral scene of formal gardens flanked by ornamental trees and flowering shrubs by water.

Commentary

An app[roach to drawing with paint and a more orthodox palette, combine with a traditional decorative painterly approach to indicate Barbara Fleming’s hand.

Attribution

Attributed to Barbara Fleming.

Given to Barbara Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming No signature.”

How attributions are worded

Signature and inscriptions

No signature.

Verso

A Fleming.

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. A pinhole to the centre, from informal hanging.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Barbara Fleming