Collection ABN AMRO on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL
CID
632
Details
English title
Animals
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant, bottom center in white paint
Provenance
Constant
Collection Willem Smit, NL
1993 Collection ABN AMRO, NL (through bankruptcy of Smit collection)
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Black
Fantasy creature
Green
Orange
Red
White
Yellow
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
De stier
1952
Towards a synthesis of art
77,0cm
x 61,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
529
Details
English title
The Bull
Alternate titles
De stier
1952 Archive entry
Stier
1995
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '52, bottom left in grey paint
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Black
Blue
Bull
White
Frame dimensions
nee
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Twee figuren op blauw fond
1953
Towards a synthesis of art
80,0cm
x 60,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
528
Details
English title
Two Figures on Blue Ground
Alternate titles
Twee figuren op blauw fond
1953 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '53, bottom left in black paint
Provenance
1953 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Abstract
Black
Blue
Red
White
Frame dimensions
nee
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Mannetje
1947
Early period
50,5cm
x 26,0cm
x 38,0cm
metal wire
paint
wood
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID
518
Details
English title
Little Chap
Alternate titles
Mannetje
1947 Archive entry
Bonhomme
2001
Provenance
Constant
Collection W. Hoogstraate, NL
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL (bestowal)
Tags
Abstract
Fantasy creature
Man
Frame dimensions
No
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Compositie met 158 blokjes
1953
Towards a synthesis of art
122,1cm
x 121,7cm
x 1,5cm
oil paint
panel
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID
301
Details
English title
Composition with 158 squares
Alternate titles
Compositie met 158 blokjes
1953 Archive entry
Compositie
1965
Composizione con 158 cubi
1966
Composition avec 158 petits carrés
1992
Composition avec 158 carrés
2001
Composition with 158 Small Tiles
2001
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '53 bottom right, in white
Provenance
1953 Constant
1956 Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Abstract
Black
White
Frame dimensions
122,3 x 122,5 x 1,6 cm
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Vegetatie [I]
1952
Towards a synthesis of art
128,0cm
x 100,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
296
Details
English title
Vegetation [I]
Alternate titles
Vegetatie
1952 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Dated and signed '52 Constant, bottom right from center in blue paint
Provenance
1952 Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2008 Long term loan to Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
Tags
Abstract
Frame dimensions
no frame
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
De lansen
1956
New Babylon
95,0cm
x 110,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID
294
On the back of the painting it says Souvenir d'Uccello. Paolo Uccello (1397-1475) was an Italian painter and a mathematician who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. In his book Lives of the Artists Giorgio Vasari claims that Uccello was obsessed by his interest in perspective and that he would stay up all night in his study trying to grasp the exact vanishing point. In his three piece painting The Battle for San Romano he uses the lances to create perspective, which Constant pays tribute to in this painting.
Details
English title
The Lances (Souvenir d'Uccello)
Alternate titles
De lansen (Hommage à Uccello)
1956 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '56, bottom right in white paint
Provenance
1956 Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
Tags
Abstract
Art
Science
Frame dimensions
nee
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Unknown
J'ai vu les ours blancs
1948
Cobra
144,3cm
x 109,6cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
CID
275
Details
English title
I've Seen the White Bears
Alternate titles
J'ai vu les ours blancs
1948 Archive entry
IJsberen (J'ai vu les ours blancs)
1948 Archive entry
J'ai visité les ours blancs
1997 catalog COBRA. Co penhagen BR ussels A msterdam
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom left in black paint. Titled J'ai vu les ours blancs blancs, bottom left in black paint
Provenance
1948 Constant
Collection K. Kerstensen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collection Kunstmuseum of Moder Art, Aalborg, DENMARK
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Bear
Black
Fantasy creature
Pink
Red
White
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Compositie in zwart en wit
1953
Towards a synthesis of art
75,2cm
x 62,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
169
Details
English title
Composition in Black and White
Alternate titles
Compositie in zwart en wit
1953 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '53 bottom right, in pencil
Provenance
1953 Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
Tags
Abstract
Black
White
Frame dimensions
78 x 64,6 x 4,0 cm
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Image
Image
Image
Image
Constructie met doorzichtige vlakken [I]
1954
Towards a synthesis of art
76,0cm
x 76,0cm
x 50,0cm
aluminum
plexiglass
Collection MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, Spain
CID
45
Details
English title
Construction with Transparent Planes
Alternate titles
Constructie met doorzichtige vlakken
1954 Archive entry
Konstruktion mit dursichtigen Flächen
1964
Transparent Plane Construction
1966
Costruzione con superficie trasparante
1966
Construction aux plans transparents
2001
Provenance
1954 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant (Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst)
2009 Collection MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, ES