Flowers and fruit (1924) by Georges Valmier Material:225g Fine Art Paper Plate 28 features one of

Plate 28 features one of the more contemplative studies in the Hundred Birds series: a single bird in a settled

Henry Hu introduces a sense of accumulated time

the intricate gold patterning

every textured travertine surface — remain fully resolved and sharply rendered on the matte paper

joyful shapes: organic leaf forms and saturated colour fields overlap and interlock

Flowers and fruit (1924) by Georges Valmier Material:225g Fine Art Paper Plate 28 features one ofPainted 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