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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 18

Cat. 69 · Painting

Man Walking in The Woods

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
50 cm × 40 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 69
Source
Catalogue, entry 69
Status
Private collection
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Description

Man walking in the Forest, dressed in green with a stick. cottages with pan tiled roofs in the background.

Commentary

En plein air painting. A rapid alla prima sketch painting on a grey primed panel with confident sweeping and vigorous strokes. Late A Fleming, possibly in France.

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 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

Good. Some flattening to the top right corner. No watermarking. Unvarnished.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming