Baake, Frans. — Prora Nachdrücklich.

No place (Enschedé), self-published, (2013), artist impression of Prora in the form of a folded linocut leporello in black in 6 sections by Frans Baake (total size ca. 30 x 282,5 cm.), printed on handmade Fabriano paper, hand-printed in 4 numbered and signed copies, loosely inserted in original grey cloth dropback box with large orange cloth title-label on frontpanel, inside with 4 coloured mounted photostat impressions of Prora, oblong large folio (33 x 68,5 cm.). = Our copy numbered “1/4” and signed “Frans Baake 2013” and “G*”in ink on the leporello. The Colossus of Prora, commonly known as simply "Prora", is a building complex in the municipality of Binz on the island of Rügen, Germany. It was built in nazi Germany between 1936 and 1939 as part of the so-called Strength-Through-Joy (Kraft durch Freude or KdF)-Project. It consisted of eight identical buildings and was 4.5 km (2.8 mi) in length parallel to the beach, with the surviving structures stretching 3.0 km (1.9 mi). Dropback-box front-panel with some large dampstains. 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.