Baake, Frans. — Global drawings.
Amsterdam, self-published, 1992, (16) leaves, letterpress title, 7 double-page printed contour-drawings of international borders by Frans Baake and colophon leaf with identification of the various outlined borders, printed by hand by Frans Baake in the Grafisch Atelier (Alkmaar) in 25 numbered and signed copies, sewn in original blue cloth decorated in grey , silver and black, yellow endpapers, folio (41 x 29 cm.). = Border-outlines of Chile-Argentina; Poland-Czechoslovakia; Spanish Sahara-Mauretania; USA-Canada; Norway-Sweden; San Marino-Italy; Jordan-Saudi-Arabia. During his travels, Frans Baake makes sketches, photos and notes. The journey is then translated into a work of art, namely an artist's book, which he publishes himself in a small edition. In artists' books, the image usually dominates. The countless artist books that Baake has made are full of photos, woodcuts, linocuts, screenprints, collages and texts. The books are not literally about his travels and are therefore not comparable to the way we make our photo album or diary after a holiday. Baakes way of working is similar in general: he prepares for his voyage, at the actual trip he will make drawings, writings, photographs; in his studio back home these together with his thoughts and ideas will be transformed into books, prints, sketches, portfolios, articles.