Aldo van Eyck with Constant's painting L'animal sorcier, 1949

1949

f.l.t.r.: Tony Sluiter and Aldo van Eyck carrying Constant's painting "L'animal sorcier".

Installation of room 6 of the Internationale Tentoonstelling van Experimentele Kunst by Aldo van Eyk at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1949. Aldo van Eyk was designer of the exhibition. Paintings on the wall by Karel Appel.

Cobra exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam-2

1949

Cobra exhibition Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, November 1949: Room 8. On the upper left À nous la liberté/Après nous la liberté, 1949 on the bottom left L'animal sorcier, 1949. On the right wall three works by Zoltan Kemeny.

Cobra meeting in studio of Jean Michel Atlan, Paris, 1949

1949

Cobra meeting in the studio of Jean-Michel Atlan in Paris, 1949
F.l.t.r. Jacques Doucet, Constant, Christian Dotremont, Denise Atlan, Jean-Michel Atlan, Corneille and Karel Appel.

Subscript by Constant reads: Réunion à l'atelier de J. Atlan, Paris, 1949.

 

Cobra meeting in studio of Jean Michel Atlan, Paris, 1949

1949

Cobra meeting in the studio of Jean-Michel Atlan in Paris, 1949
F.l.t.r. Jacques Doucet, Constant, Christian Dotremont, Denise Atlan, Jean-Michel Atlan, Corneille and Karel Appel.

Subscript by Constant reads: Réunion à l'atelier de J. Atlan, Paris, 1949.

 

Constant and his family, 1949

1949

On the back: Kopenhagen 1949 (at the home of Asger Jorn).
Three well shaped todlers.
F.l.t.r: Martha, Matie van Domselaer with Olga on her lap and Constant with Victor on his lap.

Constant and his second wife Nellie Riemens with stamp by Jan Bons

1949

Constant and his second wife Nellie Riemens, 1950. Stamp designed by Jan Bons, 1988

NB: Not available in high res!

Constant at his home

1949

Constant at his home, Henri Polaklaan 25 Amsterdam.

ca 1949 

NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.

Constant at the Cobra exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

1949

Constant Nieuwenhuys in room 4 at the Cobra exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from 03 to 28 November 1949.

Constant playing guitar, 1949

1949

Constant playing guitar at the Henri Polaklaan 25, Amsterdam, 1949

Constant working on a mural for Jørgen Nash in Denmark, 1949

1949

F.l.t.r: Jørgen Nash, Constant Nieuwenhuys and Victor.
Constant working on a mural of painted cement in the garden of Jørgen Nash in Tibirkelunde, Sjaelland, Denmark, in May 1949. Jørgen Nash is the brother of Asger Jorn.

Constant, 1949

1949

NB: Not available in high res!

Constant, Appel and Corneille on horseback

1949

Constant, Appel and Corneille are riding horse in Tegelen, 1949.
They were making their ceramics in Tegelen.

NB: Not available in high res!

Constant, Else Alfelt, Nelly Riemens and Karel Appel, 1949

1949

F.l.t.r: Constant, Else Alfelt (Høst), Nelly Riemens and Karel Appel at Constant's home at the Henri Polaklaan 25, Amsterdam, November 1949.

Cultuur en contra-cultuur

1949

Cultuur en contra-cultuur (Culture and counter-culture) in Reflex: orgaan van de experi­mentele groep in Holland, nº 2, 1949. Republished with title Culture et contre-culture in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l’Internationale Situationniste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, pp. 41-43 and pp. 59-61.

C’est notre désir qui fait la révolution

1949

C’est notre désir qui fait la révolution, published in Cobra, organe du front international des artistes expérimentaux d’avant-garde [organ of the International Front of Avant-garde Experimental Artists], 4 November 1949, 3-4.

De conferentie van Parijs

1949

De conferentie van Parijs (The conference of Paris) in Reflex: orgaan van de experimentele groep in Holland, nº 2, 1949. Republished in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l’Internationale Situation­niste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, pp. 36.

DE EXPERIMENTELE GROEP

1949

Text by Constant, placed in ‘Kroniek van kunst en Kultur’, Maandblad 10, jaargang n. 11, november 1949. 

De experimentele groep

1949

De experimentele groep (The experimental group) in Kroniek van kunst en cultuur, nº 11, 1949. Republished with title Le groupe expérimental in Documents relatifs à la fondation de l’Internationale Situationniste 1948-1957, Paris, Allia, 1985, pp.13-17.