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Toshimitsu Imai — Lava
Toshimitsu Imai

Lava

Toshimitsu Imai's *Lava* is a dynamic oil on canvas that pulses with intense, smoldering energy through bold, gestural brushwork and a rich palette of deep reds, blacks, and fiery oranges. The painting evokes the raw, unstoppable force of molten rock, capturing both the destructive and elemental beauty of volcanic activity. Imai's expressive, abstract style blurs the line between representation and pure emotion, immersing the viewer in the visceral power of nature's most primal forces.

Medium
oil on canvas

🔨 Auction Lot

20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 8, 2015

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Toshimitsu Imai, Lava

Toshimitsu Imai's *Lava* is a dynamic oil on canvas that pulses with intense, smoldering energy through bold, gestural brushwork and a rich palette of deep reds, blacks, and fiery oranges. The painting evokes the raw, unstoppable force of molten rock, capturing both the destructive and elemental beauty of volcanic activity. Imai's expressive, abstract style blurs the line between representation and pure emotion, immersing the viewer in the visceral power of nature's most primal forces.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dynamic Texture, 20th Century, Warm Earth Tones, Dynamic Energy, Lyrical Abstraction, Male Artist, Gestural Painting, Japanese Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Postwar Art, Modern Master, Warm Tones, Oil on Canvas, Volcanic Imagery

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