This catalog was published on the occasion of the exhibition "D'un seul souffle, Claire Tabouret" at the Grand Palais from December 10, 2025, to March 15, 2026.

The catalog showcases the contemporary artist chosen to create, in collaboration with the workshops of a master glassmaker, the stained glass windows of the Pentecost in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, as part of its restoration. The history of this project is recounted from a humanistic and universalist perspective.

The monotypes presented in the exhibition, enhanced by the use of stencils, particularly for the rosettes and other serial decorative motifs, create a smooth transition with the evocation of 19th-century stained glass windows in the background: “Over the past few months, I have created full-scale models for each of the six windows on the south side of the cathedral. Each one is about 7 metres high. I wanted to stay as close as possible to the designs created by the master glassmakers at the Atelier Simon-Marq. The monotype technique was the obvious choice. I have a press in my studio and I really enjoy this printing process, which has similarities with stained glass. I paint with ink on transparent Plexiglas, thinking of the image in reverse, sometimes playing with the movement of the brush, sometimes using stencils to create sharp outlines. Then I print everything on very thick paper. For each of the six bays, I painted around fifty pieces corresponding to the different parts of the stained glass windows and their rosettes, which were then assembled into these very large models.” 

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