Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
ca 1955
Work
Gordijnstof, ca 1955
1955
390.0cm x 132.5cm
cotton
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID: 1598
Monument voor de wederopbouw
1955
metal
Destroyed
CID: 1471
Monument voor de wederopbouw (Monument for the Reconstruction) was a temporary installation on the ground of E55 in Rotterdam. On May 18, 1955, Queen Juliana gave a speech at the opening of the E55 exhibition in Rotterdam, in which she expressed gratitude for the progress made in the ten years since the Second World War and the North Sea Flood of 1953. The exhibition, also known as the National Energy Event, aimed to showcase the Dutch people's industriousness and zest for life as they rebuilt their country.
Observatorium [I]
1955
40.0cm x 48.0cm x 40.0cm
brass, copper, plexiglass
Collection Groninger Museum, NL donated by Ms. J.H. Mulder in 1978
CID: 2154
Speelplastiek "De Spin"
1955
concrete
Gemeente Amsterdam, NL
CID: 2464
Commissioned by Municipality Amsterdam. Placed in Sarphatipark, Vondelpark, Woestduinstraat, Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark and Martin Luther Kingpark.
Bijzet tafel IJhorst-medium
1954
43.0cm x 35.0cm x 35.0cm
steel, wood
Private collection Amsterdam, NL
CID: 2256
Circa 1954. Designed for Het Spectrum, Bergeijk.
In 2015 Spectrum Design took the IJhorst table back in production. For more information about availability, check the website: Spectrum Design
Constructie met doorzichtige vlakken [I]
1954
76.0cm x 76.0cm x 50.0cm
aluminum, plexiglass
Collection MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, Spain
CID: 45
Constructie met gebogen vlakken
1954
79.0cm x 88.0cm x 45.0cm
brass, plexiglass, steel
FRAC Centre Val de Loire, Orléans, FR
CID: 44
Constructie met gekleurde vlakken
1954
119.5cm x 62.0cm x 57.2cm
iron, plexiglass
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID: 166
After the dissolution of CoBrA, Stephen Gilbert, a fellow member of the movement, went on to experiment with abstract shapes in space that resulted in metal space constructions. Constant was going through a similar development and it was Gilbert who motivated him to start working in 3D — the result was this work. It led to an intensification of their contact.
IJhorst tafeltje
1954
45.5cm x 64.5cm x 64.5cm
glass, steel
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 454
Edition of 100, designed for Het Spectrum, Bergeijk.
In 2015 Spectrum Design took the IJhorst table back in production. For more information about availability, check the website: Spectrum Design
Kleurenharmonie in uw woning
1954
16.5cm x 23.0cm
photo montage
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 1348
The Color design for the installation Kleurenharmonie in uw woning (Color harmony in your house) at warehouse De Bijenkorf. Co-op with Gerrit Rietveld, 1954
