Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with ladders, 1961

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Constructie met ladders

1961
New Babylon
146,5cm
x 112,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich

CID

634

Constant himself gave this work the title Visionaire stad (Visionary city) but when the work was exhibited at the Biennale in Venice in 1966 the work was titled Constructie met ladders.

English title

Construction with Ladders

Alternate titles

Visionaire stad
1956 Archive entry
Construction with Ladders
1966
Construzzione con scale
1966
Die Stadt
1961

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '61, right from center on top of the white horizon on the right of the red triangle, scratched in black fond.

Provenance

1961 Constant
2005 Legacy Constant - Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2006 Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL, longterm loan Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2012 Fondation Constant, NL
2015 Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich (Art Basel, CH)
Tags
Abstract
Black
Blue
Cityscape
Futuristic
Green
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

148,2 x 114,2 x 3,5 cm