Constant Nieuwenhuys-Rixes, 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Rixes

1982
Late period
46,0cm
x 60,0cm
pastel
watercolour
wax crayon
Collection unknown

CID

3008

English title

Brawls

Alternate titles

Het gevecht
1982

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '82, bottom right in red ink on orange fond

Provenance

1982 Constant
Collection unknown
Tags
Agression
People
War

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nixons Schatten über Hanoi, 1973

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Nixons Schatten über Hanoi

1973
New Babylon
37,1cm
x 46,0cm
ink
newspaper
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2531

English title

Nixon's Shadow over Hanoi

Alternate titles

Nixons Schatten über Hanoi
1973 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '73, bottom right in black watercolor

Provenance

1973 Constant
Private collection, NL
Tags
Agression
War

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Beeldcollage, 1973

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Beeldcollage Vietnam

1973
New Babylon
44,7cm
x 53,5cm
indian ink
newspaper
paper
washed ink
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2516

English title

Collage Vietnam

Alternate titles

Beeldcollage Vietnam
1973 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '73, center right on the horizon, in ink on beige. fond

Provenance

1973 Constant
Herman Kater
2006 erven Herman Kater
2008 Private collection
Tags
Agression
War

Frame dimensions

62,6 x 71,2 x 1,7 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'homme au couteau, 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

L'homme au couteau

1982
Late period
60,0cm
x 45,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Hilary Gerard, London, UK

CID

2292

English title

The Man with the Knife

Alternate titles

The Knife Fighter | Constant. Watercolors
1995
De messentrekker | Collection d'art
1982

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '82, bottom left in white gouache

Provenance

1982 Constant
1982 Collection d'art
1982 Collection Herman Kater, NL
2005 Sotheby's
2005 Collection Hilary Gerard, London, UK
Tags
Agression
Black
Man
Portrait

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Los guerilleros, 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Los Guerrilleros

1980
Late period
87,0cm
x 90,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection ProWinko

CID

1085

Guerrilla, partisan, soldier who engages in irregular warfare (usually a member of a loosely organized band of soldiers which utilizes hit-and-run methods to fight the enemy); irregular, soldier who does not belong to an organized fighting force.

 

English title

Guerrilla

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '80, bottom left in brown paint on light brown fond
Tags
Agression
People
Rebellion
War

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leda, 1994

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Leda

1994
Late period
20,7cm
x 19,8cm
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

153

Edition: 20

Tags
Agression
Animal
Erotica
Myth
Swan
Woman

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leda, 1993

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Leda

1993
Late period
110,0cm
x 105,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

19

Constant wanted to create a painting of Leda and the swan that differed from the paintings of his predecessors Delacroix and Cézanne, more sensuous and erotic.

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '93, bottom left in ocher yellow on yellow fond

Provenance

1993 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant
Tags
Agression
Animal
Erotica
Myth
Swan
Woman

Frame dimensions

No