Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leda, 1993

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Leda

1993
110,0cm
x 105,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

19

Constant wanted to create a painting of Leda and the swan that differed from the paintings of his predecessors Delacroix and Cézanne, more sensuous and erotic.

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '93, bottom left in ocher yellow on yellow fond

Provenance

1993 Constant
1997 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst, NL
Tags
Agression
Animal
Erotica
Myth
Swan
Woman

Frame dimensions

No