Despite himself
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Picaud workshop for the Verrière gallery.
With its 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.
This expansive tapestry combines several motifs specific to Marc Petit, characteristic of his imagination: a tightrope-walking figure, birds (discreet here), star, foliage, in an ambiguous, poetic title, of which he is fond.
