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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 18

Cat. 72 · Painting

Farmhouse with Dovecote

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
Not recorded
Catalogue no.
Cat. 72
Source
Catalogue, entry 72
Status
Private collection
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Description

A substantial farmhouse with outbuilding and dovecote on the roof. Fruit trees to the front right.

Commentary

Likely in France. The multi layering of the vegetation and the level of detail suggest a painting made in the studio from sketches. Well painted with tell tales areas of reserved grey primed panel behind the impressionistic apple trees.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

A Fleming in 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

Damage to the top/ centre of the painted surface. linear mark across the sky area [may clean]

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming