Overview
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop.
With its label signed, no. 5/6.
Circa 1980.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux offered Chaye the opportunity to become his assistant and encouraged him to create tapestry cartoons: he then produced numerous bucolic cartoons, as well as views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas,…), from where he originated.
These "bird's eye view" compositions are characteristic of the artist.
Bibliography :
Simon Chaye Contemporary Tapestries, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.83
