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Tom Haartsen
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LABYRISMEN 01
1968
38,2cm
x 47,3cm
color lithograph
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Collection Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Donated by the Golda and Meyer Marks Cobra Collection
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, NL
Collection Frans Hals Museum, NL
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID
842
11 lithographs by Constant with texts by C. Caspari. Typographics done by Constant. Printed by P. Clement, Amsterdam.
Edition: 76 [numbered 1-73], of which 3x Hors Commerce [numberedI to III].
Published in house as a co-op with Gallery Krikhaar Amsterdam.
‘Labyrismen’ is a visualisation in word and image of New Babylonian. The German texts by Caspari are written in his spontaneous handwriting; sometimes words are even crossed out. The texts explain the meaning and importance of labyrinths in New Babylon as being a playground for the New Babylonians.
Constant made a deliberate choice to keep the scenery and population of New Babylon vague. It was the New Babylonians themselves who would ultimately decide what New Babylon looked like, as he continually emphasized.
Details
English title
Labyrinths
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in black
Frame dimensions
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