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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 22

Cat. 87 · Painting

The Sky Scraper

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on un- stretched canvas laid on hard board
Dimensions
50 cm × 40.2 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 87
Source
Catalogue, entry 87
Status
Private collection
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Description

A steel and glass sky scraper towering over much older limestone buildings in the heart of a city Probably painted from photographic references.

Commentary

This powerful atypical painting uses a mature application of paint and a neutral tonal and colour palette to emphasise the contrast between the ancient buildings and the way the light hits the higher floors of the steel and glass sky scraper.. This scene could be around La Defense in Paris The dry brush work and counter directional strokes are typical of Alec Fleming.

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 block letters.

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

Un varnished. Some lifting of the canvas.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming