De l’autre côté
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Atelier Pinton.
With its bolduc, n°1/6.
c. 1970.
Marc Petit met Jean Lurçat in 1954, stayed in Aubusson in 1955, exhibited for the first time at La Demeure in 1956, and became a member of the A.P.C.T. (Association des Peintres-Cartonniers de Tapisserie) in 1958. From these meteoric beginnings, he produced hundreds of cartoons in a highly personal style, in which long-legged birds cross with tightrope walkers in dreamlike landscapes.
An economy of means at all times, with broad flat areas and a tightly focused chromatic palette: « on the other side » is the double of another tapestry that we previously owned, « Contrejour »—same composition, same dimensions, but different colors.
