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I’m too sad to tell you

I’m too sad to tell you

Bas Jan Ader (in 1970 - 1971)

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  • Trea asked

    is dit de "film"versie?

  • Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

    Dag Trea, dit is inderdaad een film. Bij specificaties kan je lezen '16mm film'. Deze kan je in het depot in de filmcabines op de tweede verdieping bekijken. Groeten, Lisa

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I’m Too Sad To Tell You shows Bas Jan Ader crying inconsolably. Ader made a postcard of a still from the film and sent it to friends and acquaintances in Europe.

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Title I’m too sad to tell you
Material and technique 16mm film, black and white, silent
Object type
Film > Audio-visual work > Art object
Location This object is in storage
Dimensions Duration (min) 3
Duration (sec) 33
Artists Artist: Bas Jan Ader
Cameraman: Peter Bakker
Accession number 198
Credits Permanent exhibition rights obtained from Mary-Sue Andersen-Ader, 1992
Department Modern Art
Acquisition date 1992
Creation date in 1970 - 1971
External exhibitions In Search of the Miraculous: Thirty Years Later (2010)
STRONG FEELINGS; over het misverstand emoties (2010)
Das Selbstportrait (2010)
Zomergasten met Erik van Lieshout (2011)
Nul si Découvert/ Void if removed (2011)
La La La Human Steps: A Selection from the Collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (2012)
Nederlanden: Gisteren en Vandaag (2012)
Cultura Nova: De Paaseditie (2013)
Museumnacht 2013 (2013)
Among the Leaves (2012)
Bas Jan Ader: Tra due Mondi (2013)
Vaste opstelling (2013)
Les feux de l'amour (2012)
Art Film (2012)
Kabinettstücke (2012)
The End of Language (2013)
The Weak Sex: How Art Pictures the New Male (2013)
0 Performance - The Fragile Beauty of Crisis (2013)
Live Magazine (2022)
Object
Technique
16mm film > Film (technique) > Technique > Material and technique
Black and white (film) > Image > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Bas Jan Ader

Winschoten 1942 - Atlantische Oceaan 1975

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