The Luxembourg Gardens
1982 · Lithograph on paper
Image: 75 × 95 cm (29 9/16 × 37 7/16 in.); Sheet: 75.5 × 97.5 cm (29 3/4 × 38 7/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Joseph Raffael
1933
PrintmakingHyperrealism
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9
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12
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2
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A Penthouse Aviary
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980–1981
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Joseph Raffael paints water, fish, and aquatic environments in luminous hyperrealistic detail, working primarily in watercolor and oil. His compositions dissolve the boundary between scientific documentation and abstract light play, emerging from postwar American practices of sustained perceptual intensity toward nature. Raffael's immersive works prioritize the optical experience of translucence and reflection over narrative or symbolic content.
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