La rivière d’argent (the silver river)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Hamot workshop to the artist’s cartoon.
With certificate of origin signed by the artist.
Circa 1960.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux proposed to Chaye to become his assistant and encouraged him to design tapestry cartoons : he would produce numerous bucolic cartoons, but also views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas,…) whence he came.
A classic cartoon in the naturalistic vein of this particular artist, who made a speciality of enclosures, hedges and riverbanks with animals.
