Fourth dawn
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop.
With its signed ribbon, No. 2/4.
Circa 1970.
Marc Petit meets Jean Lurçat in 1954, stays in Aubusson in 1955, exhibits for the first time at La Demeure in 1956, becomes a member of the A.P.C.T. (Association of Painter-Cartoonists of Tapestry) in 1958. From these dazzling beginnings, he produces hundreds of cartoons, in a very personal style, where waders cross tightrope walkers in oneiric landscapes.
Always economical means, with large flat areas and a tight chromatic range, to give a singular dawn, a theme the artist is fond of (cf. “the dawn step”, but also “Dawn”, “the night fades”….). As for the passing flock of birds, it is another leitmotif, seen in “short dawn” for example.
