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ARTISTGeorge Burchett
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AUTHORJon Reiter
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PAGES197
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BINDINGHardcover
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SIZE6.5" x 9.25"
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WEIGHT1.51 lbs
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CONTENTFlash & Photographs
Essential Works From the Studio of George Burchett is almost entirely images. Across 197 pages, Jon Reiter presents early tattoo flash and photographs from the studio of the man often called the King of Tattooists, with just a single page of text for context.
The designs show the breadth of what a busy early twentieth-century studio offered: dragons, dancing women, skulls threaded with snakes, pin-ups and much more, drawn in the fine, decorative style that set Burchett apart. Seeing so much of it in one place makes it easy to study how he composed and shaded a design and how British tattooing looked before American traditional became the dominant reference.
This tattoo flash book belongs in any tattoo history section and is a strong source for artists who want to work from historic designs. For Burchett's life story, pair it with Jon Reiter's biography King of Tattooists: The Life and Work of George Burchett.
