Schoenen van een werkman, Tokyo, Ed van der Elsken, 1985

Title(s)

Schoenen van een werkman, Tokyo
Tokyo. Working-man's shoes (original title on object)

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2019-242-15-28

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘TOKYO. working-man's shoes. old style, but still used/ a lot.’
• number: ‘J7-70’
• inscription: ‘vintage print by/ Ed van der Elsken’
• factory mark: ‘Agfa’

Artist

• photographer: Ed van der Elsken
• printer (person): Ed van der Elsken (signed by artist)

Place

Tokyo

Dating

Apr-1985

Material

• baryta paper
• ink

Technique

gelatin silver print / pen

Measurements

height 200 mm × width 305 mm
height 239 mm × width 311 mm

What

• shoes, sandals
• working class, labourers

Where

• Tokyo

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

• De ontdekking van Japan, Ed van der, 1925-1990 Elsken (Eduard), p. 31 Ratatouille Japonica