L’INCONNU Amsterdam

A collaboration · House Artist 03

L’INCONNU Antoine Rivière

He turns a second in the city into an image you cannot stop seeing.

LX-AR-026Three plates · K R YEdition of 401991 — 1992

PL.02Westermarkt

Before the image, the detail he could not stop looking at.

1/6
2/6
3/6
4/6
5/6
6/6

PL.03Bloemgracht

One image, three plates.

Black draws. Red warms. Yellow lights. Each plate goes through the press on its own; the image only exists where they meet.

  1. K · key

  2. R · red

  3. Y · yellow

  4. K + R + Y

LX-AR-017 · The second bell — off register · 1991 · proof, kept

Printer’s note

Red out by two millimetres. He kept it: the finger seems to ring twice.

PL.04Herengracht

The city, one second at a time.

bridge rail, Herengracht · 23.10
front door, Jordaan
café window, Spui · 16.40
the IJ, after midnight
Bloemgracht

PL.05Jordaan

The city prints itself. He only has to listen.

Three crosses on every bollard. Bulbs on every arch. A sticker that says no twice. He hears the city in capitals.

Prinsengracht · the bollards
No, and no
Herengracht · the bridge in bulbs
Moving day
No curtains · 21.15
Tring

PL.06Amstel

In December the canals print in light.

Art hangs over the water, the boats go slow, everyone holds up a phone. He holds up a plate.

LX-AR-025 · Light in December · 1992 · edition 25
the bike fisher, Keizersgracht
Westertoren

PL.07Albert Cuyp

A city alphabet, cut as stamps.

Twelve small things he drew on the back of proofs. The House kept the sheet.

  1. Patat metAlbert Cuyp

  2. A bag on the saddlerain, anywhere

  3. TulpSingel

  4. DuifDam

  5. WoonbootPrinsengracht

  6. Brug openAmstel

  7. Halte 13Rozengracht

  8. StallingCentraal

  9. Street plateBloemgracht

  10. Brug 47Herengracht

  11. GeraniumsJordaan

  12. Gevelsteenanno 1665

PL.08Lindengracht

The same window, printed until it looks back.

  1. Pull 1 · K
  2. Pull 2 · K R
  3. Pull 3 · off
  4. Pull 4 · final
1×
2×
4×
8×

Job ticket · House Artist 03

Client
L’INCONNU, Amsterdam
Artist
Antoine Rivière
Plates
Three · K, R, Y
Screen
Ben-Day, 20–26 lpi
Stock
Cream offset, 170–200 g
Edition
40 · signed, numbered
Press
Drukkerij Bloemgracht
Record
LX-AR-010 — LX-AR-028

The House sets the edition, the margins and the record. Antoine sets everything that prints.

Centraal

LX-AR-016 · Centraal · 1992 · edition 25

PL.11Spui

What stays on the bench.

LX-AR-018 · The second bell — yellow plate missing · 1991 · rejected
Crop test · Centraal · the head stays, the tram goes
  1. 1/40
  2. 2/40
  3. 3/40
  4. 4/40
  5. 5/40
  6. 6/40
  7. 7/40
  8. 8/40
  9. 9/40
  10. 10/40
  11. 11/40
  12. 12/40
  13. …
  14. 40/40

Forty pulled, two kept back for the House. One proof without yellow — the brass went dull, and so did the image.

L’INCONNU Amsterdam

Antoine Rivière

House Artist 03 · Amsterdam · Second House edition, 1991 — 1992

Print register

  1. LX-AR-011The rail, 23.10K · R · Y40
  2. LX-AR-012The second bellK · R · Y40
  3. LX-AR-013Café glassK · R · Y40
  4. LX-AR-014Last ferryK · R · Y40
  5. LX-AR-015One window looks backK · R · Y40
  6. LX-AR-016CentraalK · R · Y25
  7. LX-AR-017The second bell — off registerK · R · Yproof
  8. LX-AR-018The second bell — yellow plate missingK · R1
  9. LX-AR-019XXXK · R · Y40
  10. LX-AR-020Nee neeK · R · Y40
  11. LX-AR-021Brug 47 · 00.40K · R · Y40
  12. LX-AR-022Langzaam!K · R · Y40
  13. LX-AR-023No curtains, 21.15K · R · Y40
  14. LX-AR-024Tring!K · R · Y40
  15. LX-AR-025Light in DecemberK · R · Y25
  16. LX-AR-026Ding dingK · R · Y40
  17. LX-AR-027PlonsK · R · Y40
  18. LX-AR-028KlokK · R · Y40

Published by L’INCONNU, Amsterdam, 2026. Antoine Rivière is a House artist of L’INCONNU; prints, proofs and records belong to the House archive.