The so-called Rhodoids are lithographs that have been printed from original works that LC produced using a special process which he himself developed: he covered the foil with black paint, into which he etched the motif and in this way created a negative; the play of light and shadow, and the respective reverse, was something which had unending fascination for him as an architect.
A further argument for this process was to find something modern, which – similar to photography – would not leave any leeway for the lithographer’s own interpretation or even falsification in transferring LC’s compositions onto stone. At the same time, it had to be simple enough that LC could use it in his Spartan vacation home below Roquebrune – where he created the works for the portfolios “Panurge” and “Petite ‹Confidences›” – and still feel free in his artistic expression.
