Johnny Cowboy van der Elsken en twee Japanners voor een opgezette ijsbeer, Anchorage, Ed van der Elsken, 1985

Title(s)

Johnny Cowboy van der Elsken en twee Japanners voor een opgezette ijsbeer, Anchorage
At right Elsken's five year old son Johnny Cowboy in Anchorage, Alaska (original title on object)

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2019-242-15-71

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘At right ELSKEN'S five year old son Johnny Cowboy in ANCHORAGE,/ ALASKA,/ stopping over during Johnny's first flight to JAPAN. 1985, April’
• number: ‘J7-01’
• inscription: ‘Anchorage/ april 1985./ 218/ Vintage print by/ Ed van der Elsken’
• factory mark: ‘Agfa’

Artist

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

Place

Anchorage

Dating

Apr-1985

Material

• baryta paper
• ink

Technique

gelatin silver print / pen

Measurements

height 301 mm × width 199 mm
height 310 mm × width 239 mm

What

• historical persons
• historical persons not known by name
• beasts of prey, predatory animals: polar bear

Where

• Anchorage

Who

• Johnny Cowboy van der Elsken

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 Elsken, p. 5 Ratatouille Japonica