Flowers and fruit (1924) by Georges Valmier Size:M - 50 x 70cm Plate 054 introduces a toy

Plate 054 introduces a toy of striking graphic character — bold painted markings and a compact silhouette that reads as almost modern against the sparse composition

while the overall geometry of the urban fabric takes on an almost abstract beauty when seen from above

There is a mythic quality here

memory made paint

The engraving-style linework and restrained palette place it firmly in the lineage of 19th-century natural history publications

Flowers and fruit (1924) by Georges Valmier Size:M - 50 x 70cm Plate 054 introduces a toyPainted in 1924, this still life reveals Valmier at the height of his Cubist inflected abstraction. Flowers and fruit dissolve into interlocking planes of vivid colour warm oranges, deep purples, and acid greens held together by confident curvilinear contours. The composition pulsates with decorative energy while retaining a clear sense of volume and spatial depth. It is a work that belongs equally to the tradition of French still life painting and to