FRENCH silkscreen TAPESTRY JEAN Lurcat MODERNIST AUBUSSON congress of fish

Made in France in the 1960 this cotton tapestry reflect the democratic desire of that time to produce affordable art . Neo fantastic and influenced by art nouveau movement Lurcat tapestry use the vocabulary of natural symbol like the sun , animal and musical instrument , mixing decorative subject with mythological scene . In this piece the theme is a congress of fish and algae .Jean Lurcat was a great master of Aubusson tapestry, where he produced over eight hundred original tapestries in his lifetime. It is a Corot edition , specialized in limited edition

Size68 in x 44 in actual art work size white border not included , there are some mark of oxidation on the back from the wood frame now gone , it does not show in the front of the tapestry .

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