The Twins
Tapestry woven in the workshops of the Vauboyen mill.
Label signed by the artist, No. 3/8.
1966.
Carzou is one of many artists woven in Bièvres at the Moulin de Vauboyen (hence the brand MV woven into the weft of the tapestries), transformed from 1959 into a Cultural Center by Pierre de Tartas, and dedicated to figurative art. Cocteau, Foujita, Erni, Volti, ... and many others will pass through, creating numerous monumental works, as well as applied arts (notably book illustration).
Although he made a name for himself, at the beginning of his career, as a painter of large-scale decorations (notably for the stage), Carzou's forays into tapestry are relatively rare. We find in this cartoon the style so characteristic of the artist, made up of intertwined lines illustrating oneiric subjects, which are reminiscent of the work of Lucien Coutaud.
