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Alec & Barbara FlemingPaintings, drawings and works on paper

Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 25

Cat. 98 · Painting

Orange Flowers in a Blue

Assigned title

Attributed to Alec Fleming

Date not recorded

Medium
Oil on hard board
Dimensions
40 cm × 30 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
Date
Date not recorded
Signature
No signature.
Catalogue no.
Cat. 98
Source
Catalogue, entry 98
Status
Private collection
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Description

Still life. Vivid Orange pom pom blooms crowded into a spherical blue patterned china vase on a grey table.

Commentary

Bearing the distinct influence of Matisse this depiction is a stylistic departure, but retains the strong impasto, bold palette and assured brushwork of later A Fleming. Possibly painted in England from life.

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 pen.

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 Flattening to top right corner. Unvarnished.

Provenance and research

Research notes

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

Further works

Alec Fleming