Paysage bleu aux papillons (blue landscape with butterflies)

 

Tapestry woven by the ATA (Atelier de Tapisserie d’Angers).
With signed label, n°1/4.
Circa 1970.

 

Elie Grekoff, whose aesthetic is similar to that of Lurçat, designed over 300 cartons : here we find evidence of the artist’s evolution from the 1960’s onwards, as the human or animal figures disappear from his work. The recurrent theme is one where a heavenl_ bod_ (the sun, the moon) appears half-hidden behind foliage.