Oversized Mid-Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Impasto Painting by Jacqueline Raphaeli – 48x36

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Command presence in any room with this magnificent, massive original mid-century modern Abstract Expressionist painting. Measuring a striking 48" x … Read more Command presence in any room with this magnificent, massive original mid-century modern Abstract Expressionist painting. Measuring a striking 48" x 36", this large-scale horizontal composition is a masterclass in raw, sculptural texture. The entire canvas is built up with exceptionally heavy, thick impasto palette-knife work, creating an expansive rhythmic topography of rich, earthy browns, deep ochres, and stormy greys. Striking flecks of primary red and blue peer dynamically through the dense color layers in the upper register. The visceral application of medium strongly echoes mid-century Art Informel and the thick, tactile works of masters like Frank Auerbach or Leon Kossoff.

The reverse reveals fascinating studio provenance. The raw canvas back is hand-inscribed in pencil by the artist, "Jacqueline Raphaeli," drawing an immediate connection to the storied mid-century artistic circle of Israeli-French painter Zvi Raphaeli. Below the signature is a handwritten French studio diagram showcasing orientation cross-hairs mapped out with "est" (East) and "ouest" (West)—honoring the family's deep ties to Paris and the French Resistance era.

The massive canvas rests securely on its original heavy-duty mid-century pine stretcher bars with a vertical structural center cross-brace, housed inside a minimal dark studio frame liner. Complete with a pre-wired heavy braided iron hanging wire, this museum-sized masterpiece is structurally sound and completely ready to act as a monumental statement piece over a mid-century sideboard, in a post-modern salon, or grounding a brutalist contemporary interior layout.


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