Garland
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Atelier Legoueix.
No. 4/6.
1985.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux offered Chaye the opportunity to become his assistant and encouraged him to create tapestry cartoons: he would then produce numerous bucolic cartoons, as well as views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas, …), of which he was originally from.
These “as if from a bird’s-eye view” compositions are characteristic of the artist; here, the fields seen from above—an intensely summery geometric landscape—are, through the effect of a magnifying glass (or metaphor), associated with the plants (wheat, corn, …) that make them up.
Bibliography :
Simon Chaye tapisserie contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.80
