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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte, 1949

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Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte

1949
Cobra
110,0cm
x 95,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunsthalle Emden, Germany. Donation from Otto van de Loo, München

CID

280

In May 1949, Constand and his family visit Asger Jorn on the Danish island Bornholm. A personal tragedy takes place when Constant's wife, Matie, leaves him for Jorn. She takes their two daughters Martha and Olga and leaves their only son, Victor, with Constant. 

Constant processes his heartache through his art: in Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte, the bird represents himself and Jorn is depicted as a dead leaf.

    English title

    Woman Who Injured a Bird with a Dead Leaf

    Alternate titles

    Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte
    1949
    Femme pleurante, blessé par une feuille morte
    1986

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated Constant '49, top left in brown paint on blue grey fond

    Provenance

    1949 Constant
    Collection Henri Lazard, Lausanne, CH
    Collection Otto van de Loo, Munich, DE
    Collection Kunsthalle Emden (donation Otto van de Loo, Munich, DE)
    Tags
    Animal
    Bird
    Black
    Blue
    Brown
    Grey
    Heartache
    Love
    Metaphor
    People
    Red
    White
    Woman

    Frame dimensions

    unknown

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