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Georges Valmier — Outre Mer
Georges Valmier — Outre Mer
Georges Valmier — Outre Mer
Georges Valmier

Outre Mer

Outre Mer presents Georges Valmier's signature Cubist vocabulary translated into the warm, tactile medium of hand-knotted wool, the composition vibrating with the geometric abstraction and chromatic boldness that defined his mature practice. Measuring nearly two by two and a half meters, the work commands space with a rhythmic interplay of interlocking forms and vivid color relationships that reward sustained attention. The scale and material weight give the piece a commanding physical presence that smaller works on paper or canvas simply cannot replicate, making it an exceptional example of how Valmier's pictorial language translates across media without any loss of formal intensity. This work is number 12 from a limited edition of 100, manufactured by Woolmark and published by Artcurial in Paris, situating it within a significant mid-twentieth-century effort to bring modernist composition into functional and collectible textile form. Labels to the verso confirm the piece is made from 100% pure new wool with moth-resistant treatment, and the hand-knotted construction speaks to the level of craft investment that distinguished this publishing project from mass reproduction. The edition was conceived to make serious modernist art accessible in a format suited to domestic and institutional environments alike, and the low edition number of this example places it among the earliest impressions produced. Signed and in excellent preservation, Outre Mer offers collectors a rare convergence of art-historical significance, material quality, and decorative versatility. Valmier, though sometimes overshadowed by his Cubist contemporaries, produced a body of work recognized for its lyrical rigor and distinctive palette, and this textile realizes those qualities in a form that is both intellectually serious and visually alive within a living space.

Medium
Hand-knotted wool
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Georges Valmier, Outre Mer

Outre Mer presents Georges Valmier's signature Cubist vocabulary translated into the warm, tactile medium of hand-knotted wool, the composition vibrating with the geometric abstraction and chromatic boldness that defined his mature practice. Measuring nearly two by two and a half meters, the work commands space with a rhythmic interplay of interlocking forms and vivid color relationships that reward sustained attention. The scale and material weight give the piece a commanding physical presence that smaller works on paper or canvas simply cannot replicate, making it an exceptional example of how Valmier's pictorial language translates across media without any loss of formal intensity. This work is number 12 from a limited edition of 100, manufactured by Woolmark and published by Artcurial in Paris, situating it within a significant mid-twentieth-century effort to bring modernist composition into functional and collectible textile form. Labels to the verso confirm the piece is made from 100% pure new wool with moth-resistant treatment, and the hand-knotted construction speaks to the level of craft investment that distinguished this publishing project from mass reproduction. The edition was conceived to make serious modernist art accessible in a format suited to domestic and institutional environments alike, and the low edition number of this example places it among the earliest impressions produced. Signed and in excellent preservation, Outre Mer offers collectors a rare convergence of art-historical significance, material quality, and decorative versatility. Valmier, though sometimes overshadowed by his Cubist contemporaries, produced a body of work recognized for its lyrical rigor and distinctive palette, and this textile realizes those qualities in a form that is both intellectually serious and visually alive within a living space.

Medium
Hand-knotted wool
Dimensions
overall: 199.4 x 235.6 cm
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co.

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Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris