Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Circa 1976. Numbered 19, bottom right in pencil
Work
Fanny in het ziekenhuis
1976
68.5cm x 62.2cm
cardboard, crayon, pastel
Private collection, NL
CID: 1108
Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour
1976
237.0cm x 187.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID: 33
Plaisir et tristesse de l’amour
1976
62.7cm x 47.6cm
paper, pencil, watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID: 2875
Voorstudie Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour
1976
38.8cm x 49.7cm
paper, pencil, washed ink, watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 2507
ZT/Naakte figuren in ruimte
1976
23.1cm x 30.5cm
indian ink, paper
Collection Borzo Gallery, Amsterdam
CID: 7984
4 dessins préparatoires pour Casanova
1975
21.0cm x 25.0cm
ink, paper
Private collection, NL
CID: 2337
Casanova s'associe avec la morale
1975
166.0cm x 175.4cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, NL
CID: 161
De ontmoeting van Ubu en Justine
1975
190.2cm x 200.2cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID: 30
In this work Constant brings together the fictional characters Justine and King Ubu, created respectively by Marquis de Sade (1791) and Alfred Jarry (1888). With this painting he references the silent majority as popularized by the U.S. president Richard Nixon in his speech of November 3, 1969. In the painting Justine embodies the silent majority meeting the idiot characterized by Ubu.
