l’or sage (conventional gold)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop.
With label, n°EX-A.
Circa 1970.
Marc Petit met Jean Lurçat in 1954, went to Aubusson in 1955, exhibited his work for the first time at La Demeure in 1956, became a member of the A.P.C.T. (Association des Peintres-Cartonniers de Tapisserie) in 1958. After this lightning start to his career, he produced hundreds of cartoons, in a style all his own, where long-legged waders and acrobats wend in and out of dreamscapes.
Nocturnal birds of prey have been a recurring theme (as they are in Lurçat’s work too) in Petit’s work since his early days. He combines them with another of his recurring motifs: the use of echoes, negatives and symmetry in birds, foliage and backgrounds…
