Sheaf
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop.
No. 4/6.
1985.
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.
These "bird's-eye view" compositions are characteristic of the artist; here, the fields flown over, a very summery, geometric landscape, are, by magnifying glass effect (or metaphor), associated with the plants (wheat, corn, etc.) that compose them.
Bibliography:
Simon Chaye, Contemporary Tapestries, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.80
