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Wall drawing ‘Leve ik’ (Long live me)
Ed van der Elsken, 1958
From the 1950s, Van der Elsken’s style became quirkier and he increasingly photographed himself and his family. Moreover, he became more comfortable portraying people on the street up close. He was a voyeur and yet also emphatically present in his work, both an outsider and his own subject. He would not have photographed the slogan ‘Leve ik’ (Long live me) written on a wall had he not somehow related to it.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2019-298-38-2
- Dimensionsheight 149 mm x height 180 mm, width 220 mm x width 239 mm