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

A gathering of the members of the Høst group and De Experimentele Groep in Holland, most likely in preparation for the exhibition Internationale Tentoonstelling van Experimentele Kunst at the Stedelijk Museum in November of that year. On the wall Constant's painting "Maskertjes ongehoorzaamheid", 1948. Karel Appel is holding his painting "Vragende Kinderen". Constant was secretary of De Experimentele Groep in Holland and his living room often the head quarters for the meetings.