Baake, Frans. — Pre-sent visited islands 1983-2013.

No place (Enschedé), self-published, 2013, fold-out board artist publication consisting of 3 board panels with 6 mounted plates, each plate illustrating 5 consecutive leaves of another book by Baake in which he has listed the names of islands he has visited in felt-tip pen using colour-codes for different countries, hand-printed in 8 numbered and signed copies, original light blue velvet lettered in purple, quarto (30 x 27 cm.). = Our copy signed and dated “2013” and numbered “1/8” in pen. 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.