Baake, Frans. — Fleuve.

Heemstede, Johan Deumens, 2006, 9 central leaves of the work with 18 b/w photographic illustrations (recto and verso) of numbered pillars of a bridge over the Saint Lawrence River (other leaves unused), published in 750 copies, stapled in original coloured photo-illustrated dustjacket, oblong miniature album (6,7 x 10,1 cm.). = “Fleuve, 18 points of interest as seen on Saint Lawrence River / Flauve Saint-Laurent, nearby Montréal, Canada”. 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. Baake’s 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.