JEAN PICART LE DOUX (1902-1982) "Day and night" Polychrome wool Aubusson tapestry featuring a young woman with long hair symbolizing the night and a young man in red and yellow overalls symbolizing the day in a plant setting. Signed "Jean Picart Le Doux" lower right and "Aubusson M. Berthaud" lower left in the border. Handwritten bolduc on the back with title, dimensions and "Carton de Jean picart le Doux". (Discolorations) 225 x 180 cm Le jour et la nuit' Aubusson tapestry in polychrome wool. Signed (Discolorations). 88 5/8 x 70 7/8 in. PROVENANCE : Rieunier-Bailly-Pommery sale, Drouot May 22, 2001, lot 256 Private collection, Paris

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