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Claude Viallat

Composition

Circa 2005

Color monotype

50 × 40 × 1 cm

Ed. Unique monotype (from the portfolio Art pour la Paix)

Location: Paris, France

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1,300 € 1300.0 EUR 1,300 €

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About the artwork

This color monotype by Claude Viallat exemplifies the artist’s lifelong investigation of form, rhythm, and chromatic intuition. At the center of the composition, an irregular deep blue shape floats against layers of red, brown, and soft pink, creating a sense of movement and organic continuity. The work reflects Viallat’s signature vocabulary of repeated motifs and fluid biomorphic contours, yet each monotype remains entirely unique due to the spontaneous nature of the printing process. The surface reveals a vibrant interplay of textures. The saturated central form contrasts with the more translucent washes of pink surrounding it, while gestural traces in the red areas highlight the physicality of Viallat’s technique. Printed as part of the portfolio Art pour la Paix and published by ArtsToArts, this monotype is a unique work within the edition. It carries the immediacy and material experimentation that characterize Viallat’s practice since his early involvement in the Supports Surfaces movement.

Expert opinion

This monotype is a strong and characteristic example of Claude Viallat’s mature visual language. Collectors familiar with his oeuvre will immediately recognize the fluidity of the central form and the chromatic tensions that give the work its vitality. Unique prints by Viallat hold particular appeal because they combine the serial logic of his practice with the individuality of a single spontaneous gesture. The palette here is especially compelling. The deep blue against the warm reds and the delicate pink suggests a subtle emotional register not always present in his more structural works. The uniqueness of the piece, coupled with its inclusion in the Art pour la Paix portfolio, gives it both artistic and contextual significance. From a market standpoint, unique monotypes by Viallat remain accessible compared with his large paintings, yet they possess strong appeal among informed collectors who value the immediacy and material experimentation of his printmaking practice.

About the artist

Born in Nîmes in 1936, Claude Viallat is a contemporary French painter. Having studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier from 1955 to 1959, then at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1962 to 1963, it was in 1966 that he adopted a process based on prints, marking the beginning of his distinctive artistic approach. His work is characterized by the use of a rounded, almost cross-shaped rectangle, which he repeats on stretcherless canvases. He draws his influence from the work of artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Simon Hantaï and Jackson Pollock, while criticizing lyrical abstraction. Claude Viallat is a founding member of the Supports/Surfaces group, which places equal importance on materials, the artist's gestures and the work itself. Claude Viallat has taught at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as in Marseille and Nîmes - where he served as director. His work has been exhibited in France, including a solo show at the Centre Pompidou in 1982, as well as abroad, at the Venice Biennale in 1988, where he represented France, and at the Buenos Aires Museum of Contemporary Art in 2022.

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