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Artists›Ed van Der Elsken

Ed van Der Elsken

Ed van Der Elsken

Dutch, 1925

WA-00029875

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

21

Works in Collection

28

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1282569

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

No image

Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

No image

The Family of Man

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

No image

Postwar European Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6070
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Photography

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum

Canonical record

Artworks (21)

ST. GERMAIN DES PRES

1963 · Photograph

15 1/2 × 11 3/4" (39.3 × 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Saint-Germain-des-Prés

1953 · Gelatin silver print

13 11/16 × 11 3/4" (34.8 × 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

ST. GERMAIN-DES-PRES

1953 · Photograph

Museum of Modern Art

Narcissism

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 39.6 × 27.1 cm (15 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Mount: 56 × 45.8 cm (22 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Family and Filmstrips

Family and Filmstrips

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 27.2 × 39.6 cm (10 3/4 × 15 5/8 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 55.9 cm (18 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Psychology Student

Psychology Student

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 29.6 × 39.5 cm (11 11/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 55.9 cm (18 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Girl Surrounded by Students in Saint-Germain-Des-Pres

Girl Surrounded by Students in Saint-Germain-Des-Pres

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 29.5 × 33.4 cm (11 5/8 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 55.8 cm (18 1/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Girl and Reflection

Girl and Reflection

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 39.7 × 29.6 cm (15 11/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Mount: 56 × 45.8 cm (22 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead

1950 · Gelatin silver print

29.4 × 29.8 cm (11 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple and cat

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 29.5 × 36.4 cm (11 5/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 55.9 cm (18 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Reve

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 39.7 × 29.5 cm (15 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Mount: 56 × 45.8 cm (22 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead

1950 · Gelatin silver print

29.5 × 29.8 cm (11 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ballet Students #3

Ballet Students #3

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 29.4 × 19.5 cm (11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 35.8 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ballet Students #2

Ballet Students #2

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 29.5 × 19.4 cm (11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.7 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ballet Students #1

Ballet Students #1

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 29.5 × 19.5 cm (11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 35.7 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St. Germain-des-Pres (Girl clutching coat at throat)

1900 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/4 × 10 3/4" (27.4 × 27.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka

Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

width: 309 cm, height: 206 cm, width: 309 cm, height: 240 cm

Man en vrouw bovenin de Tokyo Tower

Man en vrouw bovenin de Tokyo Tower

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

width: 240 cm, height: 252 cm

Acteurs tijdens een kabuki-voorstelling in Kabukiza, Tokyo

Acteurs tijdens een kabuki-voorstelling in Kabukiza, Tokyo

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

height: 252 cm, width: 241 cm

Portret van drie onbekende Yakuza-mannen in Kamagasaki, Osaka

Portret van drie onbekende Yakuza-mannen in Kamagasaki, Osaka

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

width: 243 cm, height: 250 cm

Acteur in een Noh-theaterstuk, Tokyo

Acteur in een Noh-theaterstuk, Tokyo

gelatin silver print on baryta paper

width: 249 cm, height: 250 cm

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Artwork sources (3)

21 published of 25 catalogued · 17 with image

Art Institute Chicago
12 published12 img
Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka
— · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Quick and the Dead (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Quick and the Dead (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements1

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Rijksmuseum