Byzantium

 

 

Aubusson tapestry woven by the Four workshop.
With his bolduc, No. 3/6.
Circa 1980.

 

 

Toffoli devoted himself extensively to tapestry with the Robert Four manufactory, starting in 1976, producing hundreds of cartoons. One finds there the painter’s own post-Cubist transparencies, as well as his subjects. Indeed, Toffoli’s tapestry does not distinguish itself from his painting: Saint-Sophia and the Bosphorus ensure the journey.