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Tom Haartsen
Text bottom left Eerste schets gedeelte New Babylon (met aanduiding van gele zone I en oriënt zone II),
Indicating yellow zone I and orient zone II
Work
Eerste schets gedeelte New Babylon
1958
31.0cm x 28.4cm
paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 654
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
![1958 ca Nébulose Mécanique [VI]](/sites/default/files/styles/work/public/2024-04/1958%20ca%20Ne%CC%81bulose%20Me%CC%81canique%20%5BVI%5D.jpeg?itok=H6INj-JL)
Nébulose mécanique [V]
1958
36.0cm x 15.0cm x 43.0cm
aluminum, plexiglass, steel
Private collection, BE
CID: 2111
