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.
Specifications
| 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 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Omkijken (2025) |
| External exhibitions |
STRONG FEELINGS; over het misverstand emoties (2010) Das Selbstportrait (2010) In Search of the Miraculous: Thirty Years Later (2010) 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) Zomergasten met Erik van Lieshout (2011) Vaste opstelling (2013) Cultura Nova: De Paaseditie (2013) Museumnacht 2013 (2013) 0 Performance - The Fragile Beauty of Crisis (2013) Among the Leaves (2012) Bas Jan Ader: Tra due Mondi (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) Live Magazine (2022) To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Curates (2025) |
| 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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