TEMPLETON, Ed. 87 Drawings.

[Zurich, Switzerland]: Nieves, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. 27.4cm by 22.3cm. Unpaginated. Preface by Kim Hastreiter. A collection of 87 drawings covering a span of over thirty years, from 1990 to 2021, and deliver a remarkable retrospective of the artist’s intimate drawing style. Templeton examines the studied ennui of adolescents and young adults, capturing his subjects’ specific personalities while documenting the visual identity born of the distinctive skating and surfing culture that originated in Southern California. The collection also includes more personal drawings. There are eight of his wife and collaborator, Deanna; a self-portrait; and a drawing of them together. Fourteen of the drawings are on vintage hotel stationery, further anchoring the drawings in place, if not time. A near fine copy in boards. This example inscribed by Templeton with an additional original drawing to the edge of the title-page.