Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte

1949
110.0cm x 95.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Kunsthalle Emden, Germany. Donation from Otto van de Loo, München
CID: 280

In May 1949, Constand and his family visit Asger Jorn on the Danish island Bornholm. A personal tragedy takes place when Constant's wife, Matie, leaves him for Jorn. She takes their two daughters Martha and Olga and leaves their only son, Victor, with Constant. 

Constant processes his heartache through his art: in Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte, the bird represents himself and Jorn is depicted as a dead leaf.

Femme-fleur

1949
89.7cm x 74.5cm
linen, oil paint
Collection K. van Stuijvenberg on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL
CID: 645

Femme-oiseau

1949
120.0cm x 65.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Long term loan from Collection Fondation Gandur pour l'Art
CID: 1238

Fête de la tristesse

1949
85.0cm x 110.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL on longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed
CID: 281

Painted on his birthday July 21st, 1949, this painting captures the heartache Constant experiences after his wife Matie has left him for his friend and colleague Asger Jorn, taking his two daughters Martha and Olga with her.

Gevallen man

1949
49.2cm x 63.3cm
crayon, gouache, paper
Private collection, NL
CID: 293

Goede Morgen Haan, pag 01-titelblad

1949
crayon, ink, paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant, Museum Voorlinden, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, SMK Museum Copenhagen (1952)
CID: 243

A small printed booklet with poetry by Gerrit Kouwenaar and drawings by Constant. Kouwenaar was a member of the Dutch poetry group known as the 'Vijftigers,' which had close ties to the CoBrA movement. They created it in 1949 and it was supposed to be a little joke. This is also one of the lines in the booklet: 'Everyone considers themself to be a joke. A joke is allowed' The words and drawings are an expression of the playfullness of their creators where sometimes the words came first and the drawings followed as a reaction and sometimes the other way around.

Goede Morgen Haan, pag 01A-omslag

1949
paper
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 962

A small printed booklet with poetry by Gerrit Kouwenaar and drawings by Constant. They created it in 1949 and it was supposed to be a little joke. This is also one of the lines in the booklet: 'Everyone considers themself to be a joke. A joke is allowed' (Elk voelt zich een grapje, een grapje dat mag) The words and drawings are an expression of the playfullness of their creators where sometimes the words came first and the drawings followed as a reaction and sometimes the other way around.

Goede Morgen Haan, pag 01B-colophon

1949
ink, paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 963

A small printed booklet with poetry by Gerrit Kouwenaar and drawings by Constant. They created it in 1949 and it was supposed to be a little joke. This is also one of the lines in the booklet: 'Everyone considers themself to be a joke. A joke is allowed' (Elk voelt zich een grapje, een grapje dat mag) The words and drawings are an expression of the playfullness of their creators where sometimes the words came first and the drawings followed as a reaction and sometimes the other way around.

Goede Morgen Haan, pag 02

1949
ink, paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 960

A small printed booklet with poetry by Gerrit Kouwenaar and drawings by Constant. They created it in 1949 and it was supposed to be a little joke. This is also one of the lines in the booklet: 'Everyone considers themself to be a joke. A joke is allowed' (Elk voelt zich een grapje, een grapje dat mag) The words and drawings are an expression of the playfullness of their creators where sometimes the words came first and the drawings followed as a reaction and sometimes the other way around.

Goede Morgen Haan, pag 03-04

1949
crayon, ink, paper, pencil
Collection Fondation Constant
CID: 245

A small printed booklet with poetry by Gerrit Kouwenaar and drawings by Constant. They created it in 1949 and it was supposed to be a little joke. This is also one of the lines in the booklet: 'Everyone considers themself to be a joke, A joke is allowed' The words and drawings are an expression of the playfullness of their creators where sometimes the words came first and the drawings followed as a reaction and sometimes the other way around.