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New York, N.Y. Coney Island "Wax Museum", 1960
Gelatin silver print; vintage print, printed by the artist c. 1962.
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil on print verso.
paper: 24 cm x 30.3 cm
image: 22.2 cm x 30.3 cm

Exhibitions

2019 Ed van der Elsken, 'Sweet Life', Annet Gelink gallery, Amsterdam

Literature

Ed van der Elsken, 'Sweet Life', De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1966English edition London, Thames and HudsonAmerican edition New York, Harry N. AbramsGerman edition Köln, DuMont en Buchgemeinschafts AusgabeSpanish edition Barcelona, Editorial LumenJapanese edition Tokyo, Tokyo Photographic SchoolFrench edition La douceur de vivre, Paris, Editions Cercle d’Art
A picture taken at the World in Wax Musee, Coney Island, NY, which existed from 1926 until the mid 1980s. This photo is included in Ed van der Elsken's book ‘Sweet Life' (1966). This monumental book 'Sweet Life'(large, heavy, and beautiful) is an account of the trip around the world Ed van der Elsken undertook with his wife Gerda van der Veen in 1959 and 1960. They traveled with cargo ships to Africa, Malacca City (Malaysia), Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, San Francisco, Mexico and New York. During their trip, they regularly published in magazines, as well as producing monthly travelogues for Dutch television. The book breathes the spirit of adventure, curiosity for people of other cultures and special interest for those living in poverty. Everything is taken in light of Ed van der Elsken’s distinguishing personality, which he also expresses in the extensive captions.
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