DOM ROBERT (1907-1997) (GUY DE CHAUNAC-LANZAC, KNOWN AS) CARDBOARD MAKER & SUZANNE GOUBELY WORKSHOP WEAVER IN AUBUSSON Plein Champ, the creation of the carton in [1970], Artist's proof Very important tapestry of basse-lisse. Wools of color. Extreme freshness of colors. Edition of the early 1970s. Slight halo on the lower border. Signed F. ROBERT and bears the monogram of the weaver in the weft at the bottom left, mention E.A. (for artist's proof) in the weft on the back, complete with its original bolduc from Suzanne GOUBELY Aubusson sewn on the back bearing the handwritten mentions in pen of title Plein Champ, cartonnier Dom ROBERT and justificatif E.A 260 x 440 cm Provenance: - M. and M. R., Paris. Work acquired from the Gallery La Demeure, directed by Denise Majorel, in the early 1970s. - Work remained in the descent of the precedents. Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Mrs. Sophie Guérin Gasc, responsible for the collections of the Dom Robert Museum and the 20th century tapestry of Sorèze (Tarn) and director of the Dom Robert Association in Verdalle for the precious information she gave us about this work. Public collections : Museum Dom Robert and of the tapestry of the XXth century, Sorèze (Tarn) - Another copy of this tapestry Plein Champ of Dom Robert is preserved in this institution. Bibliography and exhibitions : - Dom Robert, tapestries récentes - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Galerie La Demeure, Paris (April - May 1974), Éditions Abbaye d'En Calcat et La Demeure, Paris, 1974. A similar work (or our work) reproduced on pages 20 and 21. - Dom Robert, œuvre tissé - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée Jean Lurçat et de la Tapisserie contemporaine, Angers (March 30 - June 24, 1990); and at the Musée Départemental de la Tapisserie, Aubusson (July 4 - September 16, 1990), Éditions des Musées d'Angers, Angers, 1990. A similar work reproduced in the catalog, unpaginated. - Dom Robert, tapestries - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Albi (13 October - 2 December 1990), Éditions du Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, 1990. A similar work reproduced on page 9. - Collective - La clef des champs : Dom Robert - Éditions de l'Abbaye d'En Calcat, Dourgne / Éditions Privat, Toulouse, 2003. A similar work reproduced on pages 120 and 121; a detail of this one reproduced on page 119. - Paul Ruffié - Dom Robert, Pleins Champs - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Musée du Pays Vaurais, Lavaur (4 June - 29 August 2004), Éditions de la Ville de Lavaur, Lavaur, 2004. A similar work reproduced on pages 36 and 37. - Sophie Guérin-Gasc - Plein Champ, autour d'une œuvre de Dom Robert - Éditions Privat, Toulouse, 2011. The book dedicated to the study of this work. - Collective - Les saisons de Dom Robert, tapestries - Éditions de l'Abbaye d'En Calcat, Dourgne / Éditions Hazan, Paris, 2014. A similar work reproduced on page 68; several details of this one reproduced on pages 15, 30, 31 and 71. - Brigitte Benneteu & Sophie Guérin Gasc - Dom Robert, l'ode à la création - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris (November 21, 2015 - February 2, 2016), Éditions de l'Association Maurice de Sully, Paris, 2015. A similar work reproduced on page 15. DOM ROBERT (1907-1997) Celebrated among the great masters of 20th-century tapestry, Dom Robert (1907-1997) - born Guy de Chaunac-Lanzac - was responsible for more than 150 tapestry cartoons, most of which were marked with the flourishing flora and fauna motifs he loved so much. He entered the Abbey of En Calcat, in the Tarn, in 1930, and decided to dedicate his life to the Benedictine order. However, his destiny as a religious man soon met his vocation as a cardboard painter. Initiated to painting as a child, and a student of the École des Arts Décoratifs, Dom Robert had nevertheless turned away from drawing and had only returned to the language of painting on his arrival at the Benedictine monastery. Devoting himself to watercolor, he produced illuminations, whose decorations already bore witness to the "universe in the making" of the future cartoonist1. Also, his true epiphany took place upon his return from the war, in 1940, when he remained fascinated by the cry of peacocks heard from the yard of a farm. This moment of enlightenment marked a decisive turning point in his work, which would forever be inspired by nature itself. In 1941, Jean Lurçat (1892-1966), another master of contemporary tapestry, discovered a watercolor of peacocks and suggested to the monk that he translate it into the art of weaving - it then became L'Été (1941), his first tapestry, which was followed by the other seasons of the year. Through Lurçat, Dom Robert's works were woven in Aubusson by the Tabard workshop, then by Suzanne Goubely. They were then successfully distributed throughout the world, including