Reference photograph, catalogue sheet 81
Cat. 326 · Painting
Woman In A Red Shirt
Date not recorded
- Medium
- Oil on hard board
- Dimensions
- 61 cm × 51 cmAs recorded in the catalogue
- Date
- Date not recorded
- Signature
- Signed A Fleming in white paint bottom right.
- Catalogue no.
- Cat. 326
- Source
- Catalogue, entry 326
- Status
- Private collection
Description
A portrait of a woman in a red and blue patterned shirt.
Commentary
An accomplished painting, in an innovative palette.
Attribution
Alec Fleming.
Catalogue wording: “Alec Fleming Signed A Fleming in white paint bottom right.”
Signature and inscriptions
Signed A Fleming in white paint bottom right.
Verso
Red label A Fleming with price ‘A Portrait A chalk A indicating acceptance at a submission.
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 Unvarnished.
Further works
Alec Fleming
Cat. 1
Woman in a Pearl Necklace
Attributed to Alec Fleming
1930s in style · Oil on hand-stretched canvas, fixed with nails; unframed
Cat. 2
Self Portrait – Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly early to mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 3
Self Portrait – Head, Alec Fleming
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Possibly mid-1960s, in style · Oil on hardboard
Cat. 4
African Violets
Attributed to Alec Fleming
Date not recorded · Oil on hardboard, unvarnished