Erwin Olaf1959–2023Hope Portrait 5
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
Erwin Olaf died on 20 September 2023 at the age of 64. He was a pioneering photographer for four decades, creating an idiosyncratic universe around universal themes such as hope, loneliness, freedom or lack thereof, and old age. ‘I prefer to show a perfect world with a crack in it.’ In 2018, Erwin Olaf transferred his core collection to the Rijksmuseum, comprising a selection of over 500 works spanning his career.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-F-2018-38-69-5
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — © the artist or rights holder
