DOM ROBERT (GUY DE CHAUNAC-LANZAC, KNOWN AS) (1907-1997) Plein champ (1970) Wool tapestry executed in basse lisse by the Suzanne Goubely workshops in Aubusson. Signed F. ROBERT and bearing the weaver's monogram in the weft lower left. Bolduc sewn to the back bearing the handwritten title Plein Champ, by cartonnier Dom ROBERT, numbered 4/6, matricule 526. 450 x 260 cm. Provenance: acquired in the 1970s by the current owner's father directly from the Aubusson workshops. Condition report: no tears, stains or marks of wear, still with its bright colours, not faded (kept in a hallway with no openings or glazing). Public collections : - Musée Dom Robert et de la tapisserie du XXe siècle, Sorèze (Tarn). Another example of this Plein Champ tapestry by Dom Robert is kept in this institution. Bibliography and exhibitions : - Dom Robert, tapisseries récentes Catalogue de l'exposition organisée à la Galerie La Demeure, Paris (Avril Mai 1974), Editions Abbaye d'En Calcat et La Demeure, Paris, 1974. A similar work is reproduced on pages 20 and 21. - Dom Robert, œuvre tissé Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée Jean Lurçat et de la Tapisserie contemporaine, Angers (30 March - 24 June 1990); and at the Musée Départemental de la Tapisserie, Aubusson (4 July - 16 September 1990), Editions des Musées d'Angers, Angers, 1990. A similar work reproduced in the catalogue, unpaginated. - Dom Robert, tapisseries Catalogue of the exhibition organised at the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi (13 October 2 December 1990), Editions du Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, 1990. A similar work is reproduced on page 9. - Collectif La clef des champs: Dom Robert Editions de l'Abbaye d'En Calcat, Dourgne / Editions 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 held at the Musée du Pays Vaurais, Lavaur (4 June - 29 August 2004), Editions de la Ville de Lavaur, Lavaur, 2004. A similar work is reproduced on pages 36 and 37. - Sophie Guérin-Gasc Plein Champ, autour d'une œuvre de Dom Robert Editions Privat, Toulouse, 2011. The book dedicated to the study of this work. - Collective work Les saisons de Dom Robert, tapestries. Editions de l'Abbaye d'En Calcat, Dourgne / Editions Hazan, Paris, 2014. A similar work is reproduced on page 68; several details of this work are reproduced on pages 15, 30, 31 and 71. - Brigitte Benneteu Sophie Guérin Gasc Dom Robert, l'ode à la création Catalogue de l'exposition organisée à la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (21 novembre 2015 2 février 2016), Editions de l'Association Maurice de Sully, Paris, 2015. A similar work is reproduced on page 15. - Dom Robert, moine et artiste, by Sophie Guérin Gasc, Editions Hazan, 2025 - Plein champ, reproduced on page 177 Guy de Chaunac-Lanzac studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs. On his return from military service in Morocco, where he drew extensively, he worked at Tissus Ducharne. He entered the Abbaye d'En Calcat in 1930, studied philosophy and theology and was ordained a priest in 1937. He took up drawing and painting again and produced a series of watercolours that became cartoons and then tapestries when he met Jean Lurçat, who was visiting the monastery in 1941: "From that brief contact, I had the impression that I was working alongside a big brother who kept no secrets from me. He'd show me his wool samples, () I'd learn how to use beating to blend colours and all sorts of ways of getting the best out of this warm material. In other words, the simplest classical vocabulary to achieve the most eloquent effects. His woven work includes almost 150 original cartoons, woven in Aubusson and in the Tabard workshops between 1941 and 1980.