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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 16

Cat. 61 · Painting

The Magnolia

Assigned title

Attributed to Barbara Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
45.5 cm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 61
Source
Catalogue, entry 61
Status
Private collection
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Description

A magnolia tree against a lawn, viewed from a higher perspective.

Commentary

The rapid, stuttering, small brush marks to capture the magnolia flowers, coupled with a scrubbed Cezannesque approach to the layered greens are indicative of Barbara Fleming.

Attribution

Attributed to Barbara Fleming.

Given to Barbara Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Barbara Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming 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

Good.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Barbara Fleming