Escort
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop for the Verrière gallery.
With its signed ribbon, n°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 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.
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.
