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House Artist 08 · Cyanotype

L’INCONNU Léonie Marchand

The sun does the drawing. I only arrange the shadows.

Ferns, roof, August, 1992. Cyanotype on paper.
LX-LM-001 · Ferns, roof, August · 1992

Léonie Marchand coats her paper by brush in the evening and prints in the morning, on the roof, with ferns and leaves pressed under glass. Where the plant lies flat the line is sharp; where it lifts, the light gets in and blurs it.

Her prints for the House were made over one summer. The brushed edges are left as they dried: the print is the whole sheet, not a picture cut from it.

Fifteen minutes of sun. Washed in the canal-cold tap.

Two ferns, morning, 1992. Cyanotype on paper.
LX-LM-002 Two ferns, morning · 1992
Frond, standing, 1992. Cyanotype on paper.
LX-LM-003 Frond, standing · 1992
Fallen leaves, 1993. Cyanotype on paper.
LX-LM-004 Fallen leaves · 1993
Three stems, 1993. Cyanotype on paper.
LX-LM-005 Three stems · 1993

House archive

  1. LX-LM-001Ferns, roof, August1992Cyanotype on paper
  2. LX-LM-002Two ferns, morning1992Cyanotype on paper
  3. LX-LM-003Frond, standing1992Cyanotype on paper
  4. LX-LM-004Fallen leaves1993Cyanotype on paper
  5. LX-LM-005Three stems1993Cyanotype on paper