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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 19

Cat. 73 · Painting

Rainy City

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hardboard
Dimensions
46.7 cm × 36.7 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 73
Source
Catalogue, entry 73
Status
Private collection
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Description

A collection of houses with buildings in the background against rain soaked streets.

Commentary

An unusual and perhaps experimental composition for Alec Fleming. Heavy impasto use and a dark, muted and limited colour palette, with a narrow tonal range and almost abstract approach to depicting the buildings.

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. A number of annotations in relation to four distinct sketches for further di verse compositions. With the recurrence of initial GS.

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 spotting from storage on the painted surface. Unvarnished Possibly painted in the studio from sketches. From the panel dimensions and subject- possibly painted in England.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming