Escort
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop for the Verrière gallery.
With its signed label, no. EA.
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 Painters-Cartoonists of Tapestry) in 1958. From these brilliant beginnings, he produces hundreds of cartoons, in a very personal style, where waders cross tightrope walkers in oneiric landscapes.
Economy of means always, with large flat areas and a restricted chromatic range, for a unique theme: a star at the bottom of the sea, "escorted" by disturbing fish, a singular dawn (leitmotif with the artist) of life.
