By: François Houtin

Medium: etching
Image Size: 9.75 × 8.25 inches
Edition: 5/40
Year: 1975

In Trois Plants, François Houtin envisions a fantastical botanical specimen rising like an ornate tower of intertwined foliage and blossoms. Each element—stem, leaf, and tendril—is rendered with meticulous precision, merging the structure of architecture with the vitality of plant life. The composition suggests both growth and design, embodying Houtin’s fascination with the poetic possibilities of gardens and imagination. Through delicate etching, he creates a monument to nature’s invention, where flora becomes sculpture and the line between the real and the imaginary dissolves.