The Cobra girls was the name given to the daughters and widows of the Cobra members by the director of the Sakib Sabanci Museum, Dr Nazan Ölçer, during the Cobra exhibition at the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul, 2012.
F.l.t.r. Harriet Appel, Giotta Tajiri, Trudy Nieuwenhuys, Rosemarie Rooskens and Ryu Tajiri
The Cobra girls at the terrace of the Sakip Sabanci Museum on the Bosphorus
Constant's grave at Zorgvlied
Constant's grave at Zorgvlied.
The stone reads:
In de kunst manifesteert zich de vrijheid
in zijn hoogste vorm:
de scheppende verbeelding.
De kunst schept een beeld van de wereld
dat niet eerder bestond,
neen, méér dan dat,
een beeld dat voordien ondenkbaar was.
Constant 1991
Constant and Tikus at studio Wittenburg in Amsterdam
Constant and his dog Tikus standing next to his paintings L'incendie [II] and L'incendie at studio Wittenburg in Amsterdam, ca 2005.
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Constant and Trudy sitting outside on the veranda
Constant and his wife Trudy sitting outside on the veranda in Utrecht, ca 2005.
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Constant and Trudy sitting outside on the veranda
Constant and his wife Trudy sitting outside on the veranda in Utrecht, ca 2005.
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Constant at studio Wittenburg in Amsterdam
Constant standing next to his paintings L'incendie [II] and L'incendie at studio Wittenburg in Amsterdam, ca 2005.
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Constant at studio Wittenburg in Amsterdam.
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Constant in front of his last painting 'Le piège', 2005
At studio Wittenburg in Amsterdam.
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Constant with Tikus
Constant with his dog, Tikus at his studio Wittenburg in Amsterdam, 2005
Constant and Karel Appel
Constant and Karel Appel in restaurant Le Garage in Amsterdam after the farewell reception of director Rudi Fuchs in the Stedelijk Museum CS on the Oosterdokskade on Saturday 5 June 2004