Jager rijdt op buffel, Ed van der Elsken, 1956 - 1957

Title(s)

Jager rijdt op buffel

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2019-242-24-9

Inscriptions / marks

• factory mark: ‘Agfa-Brovira’
• inscription: ‘Bororo tribesman guards tronp of cattle/ with which he travels hundreds of miles,/ selling milk and sometimes meat.’
• address: ‘PHOTO AND COPYRIGHT/ ED VAN DER ELSKEN/ KONINGSSTR. 5 AMSTERDAM/ TELEPHONE 37209 (020)’
• inscription: ‘1957. E.’
• stamp: ‘Credit:/ from BLACK STAR’
• copyright notice: ‘Copyright/ abc/ press/ amsterdam/ N.Z. Voorburgwal 206/ Postbox 694/ Telef. 35798/ Telegr. Abcpress’

Artist

• Ed van der Elsken (signed by artist)

Place

French Equatorial Africa

Dating

c. 1957 - c. 1970 and/or Dec-1956 - Feb-1957

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 177 mm × width 238 mm

What

• hunter
• bovine cattle

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