Hatching
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop.
With its selvedge signed by the artist, no. 1/6.
Circa 1970.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux offered Chaye the position of assistant and encouraged him to create tapestry cartoons: he then produced many bucolic cartoons, but also views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas,…), where he was from.
This cartoon is a classic example of the artist's naturalist style, specializing in enclosures, hedges, and other woodland scenes populated with animals
Bibliography:
Simon Chaye, Contemporary Tapestries, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014
