Work

Title

Year

Collection

Technique

Period

Gele sector

1958

21.0cm x 87.3cm x 77.5cm

blotting paper, copper, ink, iron, lead, metal, oil paint, plexiglass, wood

Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID: 1179

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gele sector, 1958-4

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Grundriss New Babylon über Slotermeer

1958

100.5cm x 100.2cm x 1.5cm

fibreboard, watercolour

Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, NL

CID: 162

Circa 1958-1961
Photo: Bram Wisman

gelatin silver print on baryta paper and watercolor, adhered overall to a support made from fiberboard

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Grundriss von New Babylon über Slotermeer, 1961

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Lijn zonder einde

1958

145.0cm x 70.0cm x 70.0cm

aluminum, brass, iron, paint, plexiglass

Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Rijksmuseum Twenthe, NL

CID: 643

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Lijn zonder einde, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Nébulose mécanique [III]

1958

65.0cm x 53.0cm x 43.0cm

metal, plexiglass

Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL donated by Ida and Piet Sanders, Schiedam, NL

CID: 1260

Constant didn't number them, the numbers are just to distinguish them on the website.

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique III, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Nébulose mécanique [II]

1958

136.0cm x 104.0cm x 25.0cm

aluminum, iron, marble

Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID: 1178

Constant made several Nébulose mécanique, the did not number them. The numbering is just in the title here is for practical reasons to distinguish them on the website.

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nebulose Mecanique II, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Nébulose mécanique [IV]

1958

73.3cm x 58.5cm x 21.0cm

aluminum, brass, paint, plexiglass, wood

Collection Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky, USA

CID: 1608

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose mécanique IV, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Nébulose mécanique [I]

1958

129.0cm x 92.0cm x 30.0cm

aluminum, brass, paint, plexiglass

Collection Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

CID: 87

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose mécanique, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Nébulose Mécanique [VI]

1958

124.4cm x 118.8cm x 43.0cm

aluminum, metal, metal wire, plexiglass

Collection Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL

CID: 7564

In the summer of 2024 Fondation Constant started consistenly documented works in the archive that had not been located yet. One of these works was Nébulose Mécanique [VI], created in 1958. Shown in several exhibitions and catalogs the sixties, the current location of this sculpture was a mystery.