joseph-raffael-american-b-1933-untitled
Lot 187
Joseph Raffael (American, b. 1933), Untitled
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1975 on the verso, with artist's copyright stamp, presented in the likely original floater frame.

DOA 27 3/8 x 41 3/8 in.

Private Collection, Washington, DC.

A contemporary realist, Raffael was greatly influenced by the color theory espoused by Josef Albers while studying at the Yale School of Art. By 1975, while living and working in California, Raffael was incorporating the use of photographs and slides as inspiration and a pattern for his translucent water paintings.

Two light horizontal scratches at top right.

$5,000 - 10,000