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Man playing the banjo
Ed van der Elsken, c. 1949
Later in his career Van der Elsken was ambitious and brazen enough to approach people directly and portray them up close. In his earliest work, however, he often literally kept his distance. He preferred to place the people he noticed in some kind of setting. Surely it is not a coincidence that the gun in the film poster seems to be aimed at the banjo player.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2019-299-55-1
- Dimensionsheight 296 mm x width 297 mm
- Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk