Slapende man in de metro, Osaka, Ed van der Elsken, 1960

Title(s)

Slapende man in de metro, Osaka
Late train to the suburbs, Osaka Japan (original title on object)

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2019-242-12-27

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘J3-009’
• number: ‘57.7’
• inscription: ‘late train to the suburbs/ OSAKA, Japan./ picture 1961/ printed 1962/ Ed van der Elsken/ 33’
• stamp: ‘ed van der elsken/ FILM/ PHOTOGRAPHY/ TV’
• address: ‘foto and copyright/ ED van der elsken/ koningstraat 5/ amsterdam phono:/ 237209’
• factory mark: ‘Agfa’

Artist

• Ed van der Elsken (mentioned on object)
• printer: Ed van der Elsken (signed by artist)

Place

Osaka

Dating

1962 and/or 1960

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 222 mm × width 304 mm
height 239 mm × width 304 mm

What

• sleeping in chair
• underground railway, 'métro'

Where

• Osaka

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (thanks in part to its dedicated Photography and Video Fund and Dura Kunstfonds), BankGiro Lottery players, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Marque Joosten & Eduard Planting Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 18-Dec-2019

Copyright

@Ed van der Elsken