Completed in 1938 during Valtat's extended residence in Choisel, a quiet village in the Chevreuse Valley south of Paris, Vase de Roses presents a bouquet of vivid red roses arranged in an unassuming earthen vase, the blooms set against deep green foliage and anchored by richly layered drapery in tones of red and warm pink. The composition reads as deceptively simple, yet the artist's placement of each element reveals a confident, almost architectural sense of balance. The tablecloth folds at a firm right angle against the vertical drapery behind, creating a structural geometry that keeps the exuberant color from tipping into excess. At sixty-five by eighty-one centimetres, the canvas has genuine physical presence, and the work carries the feeling of flowers freshly gathered, painted with an immediacy that keeps the scene alive decades after its making. Valtat occupies a singular position in early twentieth-century French painting, recognized as one of the key figures to emerge from the Fauvist circle before that movement gave way to later avant-garde currents. His work from the 1930s draws on that inheritance without being bound by it. The palette here remains bold and declarative, warm reds answering one another across the picture plane, yet the handling is measured rather than aggressive, and a subtle flattening of space recalls the ordered sensibility of Post-Impressionism. Color functions not as description but as the primary architecture of light, and the result is a canvas that generates a luminous, self-contained atmosphere. Signed and offered in its frame, Vase de Roses stands among the most accomplished still lifes Valtat produced during this period, combining decorative richness with pictorial intelligence in a way that will reward sustained attention in any serious collection.