Survol (flying over)
An Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop,
With signed label, no. 5/6.
Circa 1980.
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.
These compositions “as the bird flies” are typical of the artist.
Bibliography :
Simon Chaye tapisseries contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014, ill. p.83
