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.

Die Beschneidung Christi - nach Joerg Ratgeb

1975
83.0cm x 69.0cm
cardboard, crayon, paper, watercolour
Collection Krona Museum, Uden, NL
CID: 2589

On his way to Munich for the exhibition ‘Constant Kreidezeichnungen 1945-52’ in Gallery van de Loo, Constant makes a stop in Stuttgart. At the Stuttgart State Gallery, he sees the Herrenberg Altarpiece by the German Renaissance painter Jerg Ratgeb. The altarpiece consists of eight panels that show 24 scenes from the Passion story, from the life of Mary and from the Acts of the Apostles.

Het gevecht

1975
paper, watercolour
Collection unknown
CID: 3175

Japans theehuis

1975
87.7cm x 88.5cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID: 1105

Johnny

1975
31.4cm x 23.1cm
ink, paper
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 241

Circa 1975.
Johnny was Constant's assistant in the '60's when working on New Babylon. He died in the seventies.

La Liberté insultant le peuple

1975
140.0cm x 150.0cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID: 2098

Les cornes du minotaure

1975
42.0cm x 54.0cm
paper, watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID: 2370

Nijlpaard naar Rubens (1616) en Leeuw naar Longhi (1767)

1975
29.6cm x 21.3cm
ink, paper
Collection Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL
CID: 1243

Circa 1975.
This small drawing accompanied the text Het ZIEN van beeldende kunst: enkele opmerkingen omtrent zin en onzin van de iconografie published by Centraal Museum Utrecht in 1975. Re-edited and translated in English republished in cat. of the exhibition Constant: Schilderijen 1948-1995, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,1995. The original text and drawing were donated to Centraal Museum Utrecht.

Souvenir de Sousse

1975
100.0cm x 105.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection unknown
CID: 28

Tunesisch landschap

1975
94.0cm x 90.0cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection, Turin, ITALY
CID: 2619