MICHEL TOURLIERE (1925-2004), d'après un carton de Atelier S - Lot 59

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MICHEL TOURLIERE (1925-2004), d'après un carton de Atelier S - Lot 59
MICHEL TOURLIERE (1925-2004), d'après un carton de Atelier SUZANNE GOUBELY à Aubusson Life or Bloodstone Rare tapestry in polychrome wool pulled in smooth bass. Signed lower left "Tourlière" and annotated "EA" original owl bowl on the back. Artist's proof, circa 1974. Dimensions: 185 x 635 cm Bibliography: - Retrospective of Michel Tourlière at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Beaune, 2017, for a similar model made for the University Hospital of Burgundy and reproduced on pages 51 and 52. - Michel Tourlière exhibition in Aubusson, Angers, 1993, for a similar model reproduced on page 59. The author of a powerful work oscillating between luminous vibrations and graphic rhythms, Michel Tourlière is one of the main representatives of French tapestry in the second half of the 20th century. At the Liberation, with the help of Marie Cuttoli, Jean Lurçat gathered around him artists who took a fresh look at tapestry: Jean Picart-le-Doux, Jacques Lagrange, Camille Hilaire, Marc Saint-Saëns, Robert Wogensky... In 1947, they joined forces with the Association of Tapestry Painters and Tapestry Carpenters, of which Michel Tourlière was a member. Introduced to mural art and tapestry by the latter, whom he met in 1945, he quickly evolved towards a language that could be described as "lyrical abstract" whose chromatic range is often in red-orange mixed with ochre and whose cutting of the surface in juxtapositions of planes is often underlined by a coloured thread. The studied alternation between shadow and light zones confers to his weavings elegance and sobriety in which the real meets the imaginary. His style is very recognizable thanks to his frequent use of the quilting technique, a technique that allows him to obtain an effect of long stripes more or less loaded with black wool creating undulating relief effects. His links with his native Burgundy, the Burgundian wine-growing landscapes and more precisely the vine furrows are at the origin of many orders from Burgundian i
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