Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ronde vorm, 1956

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Ronde vorm

1956
Towards a synthesis of art
67,4cm
x 71,0cm
gouache
paper
pencil
watercolour
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

1359

English title

Round Shape

Alternate titles

Ronde vorm
1956 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated 'Constant '56,' bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1956 Constant
1974 Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Abstract

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe lijnen, 1953

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Compositie met blauwe lijnen

1953
Towards a synthesis of art
17,3cm
x 12,5cm
paper
Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL

CID

1263

Circa 1953

English title

Composition with Blue Lines
Tags
Abstract
Blue

Frame dimensions

22,2 x 16,1 x 1,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique III, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique III, 1958-1
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique III, 1958-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique III, 1958-4
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique III, 1958-5

Nébulose mécanique [III]

1958
New Babylon
65,0cm
x 53,0cm
x 43,0cm
metal
plexiglass
Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL donated by Ida and Piet Sanders, Schiedam, NL

CID

1260

Constant didn't number them, the numbers are just to distinguish them on the website.

Alternate titles

Nébulose mécanique
1958 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, chiseled and painted in the plexiglass side plane

Provenance

1958 Constant
Collection Ida and Piet Sanders, Schiedam, NL
1987 Collection Kröller-Müller, NL
Tags
Abstract
Architecture
Futuristic
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Constructie met halve cirkels, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Constructie met halve cirkels, 1958-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Constructie met halve cirkels, 1958-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Constructie met halve cirkels, 1958-4

Constructie met halve cirkels

1958
New Babylon
60,0cm
x 76,0cm
x 76,0cm
aluminum
plexiglass
Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL

CID

1259

English title

Construction with Half Circles

Alternate titles

Construction with semi-circles
1966
Costruzione con semicerchi
1966
Constructie met halve cirkels
1958 Archive entry

Provenance

1958 Constant
1965 Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, NL | K65223
2005 Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL
Tags
Abstract
Architecture
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes, 1953-2

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes, 1953-1
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes, 1953-3

Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes

1953
Towards a synthesis of art
60,0cm
x 59,8cm
x 4,0cm
paint
wood
Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL

CID

1257

English title

Composition with Blue and White Cubes

Alternate titles

Composition with Blue and White Blocks
2001
Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes
1953 Archive entry

Provenance

1953 Constant
1965 Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL
Tags
Abstract
Blue
White

Frame dimensions

78 x 78 x 4,0 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe lijnen, 1953

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Compositie met blauwe lijnen

1953
Towards a synthesis of art
122,2cm
x 121,7cm
x 1,6cm
oil paint
panel
Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL

CID

1256

English title

Composition with Blue Lines

Alternate titles

Compositie met blauwe lijnen
1953 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant 1953, bottom left in pencil

Provenance

1953 Constant
1978 Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL
Tags
Abstract
Blue

Frame dimensions

133,2 x 133,3 x 7,0 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie mey oranje driehoek, 1953

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Compositie met oranje driehoek

1953
Towards a synthesis of art
99,7cm
x 90,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

1176

English title

Composition with Orange Triangle

Alternate titles

Composition avec triangle orange
2001
Compositie met oranje driehoek
1953 Archive entry

Provenance

1953 Constant
Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Abstract

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys, La ville noyée, 1956

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La ville noyée

1956
New Babylon
146,5cm
x 112,7cm
linen
oil paint
Collection De Heus-Zomer, NL

CID

944

English title

The Sunken City

Alternate titles

Visionare stad
1965
Die Stadt
1961

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '56, on the tenter in pencil

Provenance

1956 Constant
2003 Collection Victor Nieuwenhuys, NL
2008 Collection De Heus-Zomer, NL (Sotheby's)
Tags
Abstract
Black
City
Grey
Purple
Red
White

Frame dimensions

150,4 x 117,2 x 5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Verstrikte vogel, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Verstrikte vogel

1948
Cobra
115,0cm
x 50,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

647

English title

Entangled Bird

Alternate titles

L'oiseau dans le filet
2001
Ensnared Bird
1966
Uccello in trappola
1966

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom right scratched in black

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection Steef de Vries, Deventer, NL
1989 Karel van Stuijvenberg (Sotheby's London)
2002 Galerie Moderne Silkeborg. Galerie Moderne Amsterdam, G. Lasès (collection Stuijvenberg)
2006 Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL (Galerie Moderne Amsterdam)
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Bird
Black
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with ladders, 1961

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Constructie met ladders

1961
New Babylon
146,5cm
x 112,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich

CID

634

Constant himself gave this work the title Visionaire stad (Visionary city) but when the work was exhibited at the Biennale in Venice in 1966 the work was titled Constructie met ladders.

English title

Construction with Ladders

Alternate titles

Visionaire stad
1956 Archive entry
Construction with Ladders
1966
Construzzione con scale
1966
Die Stadt
1961

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '61, right from center on top of the white horizon on the right of the red triangle, scratched in black fond.

Provenance

1961 Constant
2005 Legacy Constant - Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2006 Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL, longterm loan Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2012 Fondation Constant, NL
2015 Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich (Art Basel, CH)
Tags
Abstract
Black
Blue
Cityscape
Futuristic
Green
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

148,2 x 114,2 x 3,5 cm