Ed Van Der ElskenDutch, 1925–1990‘Susie’s Blue Bar’
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “‘Susie’s Blue Bar’” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
During his voyage around the world from 1959 to 1960, Van der Elsken photographed prostitutes in the Philippine port of Cebu City, who would wait for arriving ships and throw notes (tied to a stone) onto the deck. This was how they lured the sailors to the bars, honkytonks, and dance halls. ‘Those guys also want something from time to time,’ Van der Elsken wrote in the book Sweet Life about these photographs.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-F-2019-299-33-1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — © the artist or rights holder
