PIERRE SOULAGES Ink on Paper, 1961, 2022

Exhibition poster for the Musée Soulages, Rodez, featuring a composition by Pierre Soulages. Printed in France.

This striking poster presents a powerful example of Soulages’ signature abstract language, characterized by bold, sweeping black forms layered across a luminous ground. The composition explores the artist’s lifelong fascination with light and reflection through darkness—what he famously termed outrenoir (beyond black). The rich, gestural brushstrokes create depth and movement, allowing light to interact with the surface in subtle and shifting ways.

The minimal layout, with discreet typography placed at the lower edge, allows the artwork to dominate, emphasizing its monumental presence and meditative intensity. Soulages, one of the most important figures in postwar European abstraction, redefined the expressive potential of black as both color and light.

A visually commanding museum poster from the post-digital era, appealing to collectors of abstract expressionism and contemporary French art. Framing available upon request.