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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 14

Cat. 53 · Painting

Portrait of A Long Haired Man

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

1970s (approximate)

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
50 cm × 40 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
1970s (approximate)Approximate period suggested in the catalogue commentary; not documented.
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 53
Source
Catalogue, entry 53
Status
Private collection
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Description

A bearded man with long hair in a blue shirt.

Commentary

Possibly belonging to a period of rapid alla prima portrait sittings during the early 1970s. A confident and well observed study. Confident and assertive flat brush work building up layers to capture the fall of light on the face.

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 blue marker in block capitals.

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

Some water staining to the top rear. No obvious damage to the paint surface.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming