Groep mensen tijdens safari, Guy Latèrien met slang om de nek

Ed van der Elsken (mentioned on object), 1956-12 - 1957-02

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2019-242-24-66
  • Dimensionsheight 178 mm x width 241 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk; met tape op verso

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Groep mensen tijdens safari, Guy Latèrien met slang om de nek

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  • Object number

    RP-F-2019-242-24-66

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • number: ‘82’
    • stamp: ‘Credit:/ from BLACK STAR’
    • factory mark: ‘Agfa-Brovira’
    • inscription: ‘Walking through swamp, one of the boys/ knocked python unconscious with stick./ Afterwards white man in the middle, tough/ French student Guy Lartèrien, carried it/ back to camp. Python lived for several/ days in crate, later we ate it. Safari-leader/ Quintard, is carrying Canadian safari-tou/ rist on back through swamp. (Canadian/ was tough and a good shot)’
    • address: ‘PHOTO AND COPYRIGHT/ ED VAN DER ELSKEN/ KONINGSSTR. 5 AMSTERDAM/ TELEPHONE 37209 (020)’
    • copyright notice: ‘Copyright/ abc/ press/ amsterdam/ N.Z. Voorburgwal 266/ Postbox 694/ Telef. 249413/ Telegr. Abcpress’

Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: Ed van der Elsken (mentioned on object), French Equatorial Africa

  • Dating

    • 1956-12 - 1957-02
    • c. 1957 - c. 1970

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk; met tape op verso

  • Dimensions

    height 178 mm x width 241 mm

Explanatory note

  • Foto gemaakt tijdens verblijf in de voormalige Franse kolonie Frans-Equatoriaal-Afrika (1956-1957), overwogen voor/gekozen voor het boek Bagara.

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Acquisition and rights

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    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 2019-12-18

  • Copyright

    @Ed van der Elsken

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