Cover design for the photo book Jazz: saxophonist Sonny Rollins

Ed van der Elsken, 1959

Van der Elsken’s photo book Jazz, with its outstanding rhythmic layout, was published in 1959. The photographer produced the layout and cover. This is the photograph he selected for the cover of the German edition. He chose another image for the Dutch edition but did keep the stencil-like font at the upper left.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2019-242-8-4
  • Dimensionsheight 181 mm x width 174 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk; met viltstift en/of gouache op recto

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Cover design for the photo book Jazz: saxophonist Sonny Rollins

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2019-242-8-4

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • number: ‘B11J-02’
    • factory mark: ‘Agfa-Brovira’
    • title: ‘J/ Jazz’

Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: Ed van der Elsken, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    • 1959
    • 1959-02-21
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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk; met viltstift en/of gouache op recto

  • Dimensions

    height 181 mm x width 174 mm


Explanatory note

  • Werkfoto overwogen/gekozen voor publicatie.


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Acquisition and rights

  • 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 2019-12-18

  • Copyright

    @Ed van der Elsken


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