La loi (the law)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Rivière des Borderies workshop.
With label.
1951.
Perrot began his work as a painter-cartoonist after the war, producing nearly 500 cartoons, with numerous commissions from the State, most of them woven by Aubusson. His style, eminently decorative and luminous, is particularly characteristic: a profusion of butterflies or birds most often stands out against a vegetal ground, in the spirit of the mille-fleurs tapestries (from which Dom Robert would also draw inspiration).
The ornithological subjects, endlessly explored by Perrot, are capable of extraordinary variety in allegories: for example, with “discord” and “meditation” for the Palais de Justice of Paris, which are respectively illustrated by capercaillie and owls. Nothing like that here: a majestic eagle with a stern eye, inspiring respect, to embody “the Law”.
Bibliography :
Tapisserie, dessins, peintures, gravures de René Perrot, Dessein and Tolra, 1982
Exh. Cat. René Perrot, mon pauvre cœur est un hibou, Aubusson, Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie, 2023
