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Tom Haartsen
Napoleon van Elba (Bloedjas Napoleon)
1949
Cobra
49,5cm
x 59,0cm
crayon
paper
Private collection, NL
CID
1299
Drawing by Constant accompanies a poem by Gerrit Kouwenaar.
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English title
Napoleon from Elba
Alternate titles
Elba
1949 Archive entry
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Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom center in pencil
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Constant | Gerrit Kouwenaar
ca. 1949 Gerrit Kouwenaar (probably gift)
ca. 1954 Private collection, NL
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Frame dimensions
72,6 x 82,5 x 1,9 cm
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Title
Year
Page
Number
Cobra 1948-1951 | The History of a European Avant-Garde Movement
2017
190
205
Cobra | De weg naar spontaniteit
2001
281
137
Cobra 1948-51 | eine Bewegung in Europa
1995
94
Geen letterheren
1987
Cobra
1974
151
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Year
Het begin van de Cobragroep was een klein boekje
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1997
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