L’enclos (The Enclosure)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Brivet workshop.
With signed label by the artist, n°4/4.
1966.
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 artist’s naturalistic style, who specialises in enclosures, hedgerows and other woodland scenes.
Bibliography : Simon Chaye tapisseries contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.27
