Constant Nieuwenhuys-De ontmoeting van Ubu en Justine, 1975

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De ontmoeting van Ubu en Justine

1975
Late period
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.

English title

The encounter of Ubu and Justine

Alternate titles

Ubu et Justine
2000

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '75, center right in green paint

Frame dimensions

unknown

Books

Title Year Page Number
Constant, De late periode 2008 154 160
Exit Utopia | Architectural Provocations, 1956-76 2005 230 81
Constant. L'atelier d'Amsterdam 2000 46 11
Constant. Schilderijen | Paintings 1995 53 43
Constant. Schilderijen | Paintings 1995 92 43
COBRA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1994 90 71
Constant. Les trois espaces 1992 117 87
[NL] Cobra 1987 87 89
[EN] Cobra 1987 87 89
La Grande Parade 1984 91
Constant | schilderijen 1940-1980 1980 116 93
Constant | Schilderijen 1969-77 1978 19 15
Centraal Museum Utrecht Mededelingen nr. 12 Dec. 1975 1975 21

Documentation

Title Type Year
Constant en het canoniseringsproces in het Stedelijk Museum Academic 2015
Constant in de erezaal Articles 1978
Driemaal Constant | Mathilde Visser Articles 1978
Title Year
Constant. In het atelier 2008
Constant Malerier 1996
Schilderijen 1948-1995 1995
COBRA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1994
La Grande Parade 1984
Schilderijen 1940-1980 1980
Schilderijen 1969-77 1978

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Title Year
Enkele opmerkingen omtrent zin en onzin van de iconografie 1975
Title Year
Justine 1990

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