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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 15

Cat. 56 · Painting

The Tulip Bowl

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
4ocm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 56
Source
Catalogue, entry 56
Status
Private collection
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Description

Spring tulips in an ornamental bowl, in a garden setting, set in a sunken Italian style garden.

Commentary

Likely painted in England. A typical English garden scene, The confident textured approach to the brushwork on the flowers and the reserved canvas beneath the green- ery, suggest Alec Fleming.

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 in marker.

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 of the corners with lifting of the painted surface to the bottom and top right.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming