Kop van een dode babyolifant, Ed van der Elsken, 1956 - 1957

Title(s)

Kop van een dode babyolifant

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2019-242-24-82

Inscriptions / marks

• factory mark: ‘Agfa’

Artist

• Ed van der Elsken

Place

French Equatorial Africa

Dating

c. 1985 - c. 1990 and/or Dec-1956 - Feb-1957

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 295 mm × width 188 mm
height 309 mm × width 200 mm

What

• trunked animals: elephant
• hunt ~ trunked animals
• the corpse

Where

• French Equatorial Africa

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