# Raphael Abecassis artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/raphael-abecassis/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T08:24:25.514Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Moroccan
- Common media: Painting

## About Raphael Abecassis

Raphael Abecassis is a Moroccan painter born in 1953. International authority records connect his identity across VIAF, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, and Wikidata, helping distinguish him from similarly named people. The collected sources do not establish a specific movement, school, documented series, or detailed exhibition history, so those associations should not be inferred without further evidence. Collectors may encounter works attributed to Abecassis through auction catalogues spanning fine art, paintings, works on paper, prints, mixed media, editions, and other broadly classified objects. These auction labels describe how matched lots were catalogued; they should not be read as a definitive inventory of his artistic practice. Identification should therefore begin with the exact artist name and then consider signatures, inscriptions, dates, medium, provenance, and any supporting catalogue or exhibition documentation attached to the individual work.

## Common works and media

Matched auction records are organized under broad categories including fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. The authority evidence directly identifies Abecassis as a painter, but the source pack does not independently document a complete list of his media, subjects, editions, or series. For appraisal purposes, the catalogue description and physical evidence of each object should take precedence over a general category label. Record the support, technique, dimensions, signature or inscription, date, edition number when applicable, condition, and provenance before selecting comparable lots.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's collected index reports matched public auction activity dated from 2011 through 2025, with 59 records and 31 priced results at the time the source was collected. These records provide comparison points, not a price forecast. A useful appraisal comparison should align the work's medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, attribution, and edition status where relevant. Signature details, inscriptions, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect confidence and comparability. Reported results can differ in their treatment of buyer's premiums and fees, while private transactions, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may be absent from the public record.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public results may omit private sales, fees, later attribution changes, or incomplete records.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/97296024/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500486320
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67185136
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88210385
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/raphael-abecassis/