Michele Van Hout Le Beau and Aubusson (Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson, after 1665)

Soleil Marin

1954

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Michele Van Hout Le Beau and Aubusson (Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson, after 1665)

Soleil Marin

Designer: Michele Van Hout Le Beau
Manufacturer: Aubusson (Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson, after 1665)

Soleil Marin

1954

Physical Qualities Wool wefts, cotton warps, 39 1/4 x 59 1/2 in. (99.7 x 151.1 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Germaine Sharretts, Cockeysville, Maryland

Object Number 2009.152

A small rectangular modern tapestry featuring an abstract scene including five boats (fishing ships?), 12 fish, and a large bright sun. The tapestry is composed of wool wefts on cotton warps. Colors of wool yarn include deep muted orange, red, olive, gold, dark blue, light blue, rust, black and green, but the sun appears in brighter yarns. The designer's name is worked in wools at the viewer's lower left. Additional initials probably represent the weaver. The tapestry is finished on all sides.

Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Germaine Sharetts, Paris, France by purchase, c. 1962.

Anita Jones, "Curator's Choice: Recent Additions to the Textiles Collection, " Baltimore Museum fo Art, Baltimore, Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, April 27 - November 27, 2011.

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Inscribed: Signature of artist woven into front center: "MICHELE V.H. LE BEAU" Initials of weaver also woven at extreme lower left (viewer's): LB/A