Image

1970 Spelende kinderen

Spelende kinderen

1970
New Babylon
66,0cm
x 80,0cm
gouache
ink
paper
pencil
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

7607

    English title

    Playing Children

    Alternate titles

    Spelende kinderen
    1970 Archy entry
    Playground
    1988

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated, Constant '70, bottom left in pencil

    Provenance

    Constant
    1974-1978 Collection Fanny Kelk, NL (gift)
    1978 inherit from Fanny Kelk
    1988 Collection unknown (Christie's Amsterdam)
    Tags
    Child
    People
    Play

    Image

    Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Verloren zoon, ca. 1987

    Photographer

    Tom Haartsen

    ZT/Verloren zoon

    1980
    Late period
    crayon
    paper
    watercolour
    Collection unknown

    CID

    7526

    Circa 1980

      English title

      Untitled/Lost Son

      Signed/dated

      Not signed or dated
      Tags
      Family
      Man
      People

      Image

      Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leeuw met prooi [I], ca. 1986

      Photographer

      Tom Haartsen

      Leeuw met prooi [I]

      1986
      Late period
      41,0cm
      x 58,0cm
      paper
      watercolour
      Collection unknown

      CID

      7525

      Circa 1986

        English title

        Lion with Prey

        Signed/dated

        Signed 'Constant,' bottom right in sagnuine ink
        Tags
        Animal
        Lion

        Image

        Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Vegetatie, ca. 1982

        Photographer

        Tom Haartsen

        ZT/Vegetatie

        1982
        Late period
        crayon
        gouache
        paper
        watercolour
        Collection unknown

        CID

        7524

        Circa 1982

          English title

          Untitled/Vegetation
          Tags
          Plant

          Image

          Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Duistere figuur, ca 1981

          Photographer

          Tom Haartsen

          ZT/Duistere figuur

          1981
          Late period
          paper
          watercolour
          Collection unknown

          CID

          7523

          Circa 1981

            English title

            Dark Figure

            Signed/dated

            Signed 'Constant,' bottom centre in blue.

            Provenance

            Constant
            1988 Collection unknown (Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, NL)
            Tags
            Figures
            People

            Image

            ZT-Landschap, 1982

            Photographer

            Tom Haartsen

            ZT/Landschap [III]

            1982
            Late period
            45,0cm
            x 59,5cm
            paper
            watercolour
            Collection Aaron Shatzman and Karen Kaplan, USA

            CID

            7522

              English title

              No Title/Landscape [III]

              Signed/dated

              Signed and dated "Constant '82", bottom right in blue on taupe

              Provenance

              Constant
              1982 Collection Erwin de Vriew (swap for the sculptured buste)
              2023 Collection Aaron Shatzman and Karen Kaplan, USA (De Zwaan, Amsterdam)
              Tags
              Landscape

              Frame dimensions

              68 x 82 x 2,7 cm

              Image

              1969 Femme Accroupie

              Photographer

              Tom Haartsen

              Femme accroupie

              1969
              New Babylon
              50,0cm
              x 65,0cm
              gouache
              paper
              pencil
              Private collection, NL

              CID

              7487

                English title

                Woman Squatted

                Alternate titles

                Femme accroupie
                1969 Archive entry
                Hurkende vrouw
                2024

                Signed/dated

                Signed and dated "Constant '69", bottom left in pencil on grey fond

                Provenance

                Constant
                1969 Collection Krikhaar, NL
                Private Collection
                2024 Christie's 20th/21st Century: Amsterdam sale, 22821 [Lot 82] from April 9 until April 23

                Frame dimensions

                83 x 95,8 x 2 cm

                Copyright Infringement. Watercolour, signed and dated bottom left. A bad copy of the watercolor Femme et enfant from 1997 surfaced on an online auction in the Netherlands. We have no reasons to believe this work was made by Constant (1920-2005). The auctionhouse will be notified.

                Forgery. Watercolor, no year, signed bottom right. We have no reasons to believe this work was made by Constant (1920-2005). We have no idea of the current whereabouts of this work.

                Forgery. Gouache on paper, 1969, signed and dated bottom right. We have no reasons to believe this work was made by Constant (1920-2005). Surfaced during Constant's life and was explicitly rejected by Constant himself as an authentic work from his hand. We have no idea of the current whereabouts of this work.