Getting started with the collection:
‘First picture taken in Japan, november 1959, Kobe’
Kobe, 1959, gelatin silver prints and black marker, printed in 1984
Van der Elsken visited Japan about fifteen times. He loved the country, and the Japanese loved (and still do) his work. In 1988 he published the photo book De ontdekking van Japan (The Discovery of Japan) with old and new photographs. Ratatouille Japonica appeared as an appendix, in which he included all kinds of pictures provided with titles and comments on the front. These are three of the original prints for the book.
- Object numberRP-F-2019-242-15-2
- Dimensions309 mm x 240 mm, 309 mm x 220 mm
- Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk met opschrift op recto in viltstift