Portrait

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium: Oil on hard board
Dimensions: 50.5 cm × 40.5 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date: Date not recorded
Signature: Not recorded
Catalogue no.: Cat. 81
Source: Catalogue, entry 81
Status: Private collection

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Description

Portrait of a woman with shoulder length bobbed hair in a purple chemise.

Commentary

Likely painted in England. The skin tones are well captured in Fleming’s typical mature style with strong tonal variation around the facial highlights.

Attribution

Attributed to Alec Fleming.

Given to Alec Fleming in the catalogue.

Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming”

How attributions are worded

Verso

Large chalk R possibly denoting rejection from an exhibition. Label with title ‘Portrait’ Mr Alec Fleming’ Address in Bowden and price £35. below the label is ‘A Fleming’ in pencil.

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.