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Gerard Reve with a wineglass and a skull near a statue of the Virgin Mary
Vincent Samuel Mentzel, 1969
Photography played an important role in the merging of art and popular culture in the 1960s. The famous Dutch writer Gerard Reve was a clever poseur who consciously used the medium to fashion his image as a homo-sexual and a Catholic convert. Under the heading ‘the writer has a shop’ he repeatedly had himself portrayed with objects that refer to his controversial reputation.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2011-21-49-5
- Dimensionsheight 303 mm x width 238 mm, height 199 mm x width 195 mm
- Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk