Constant Nieuwenhuys-Stier, 1971

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Stier

1971
New Babylon
18,7cm
x 26,5cm
aquatint
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

141

Edition: 20

English title

Bull

Alternate titles

Stier
1971 Archive entry
Tags
Animal
Bull
Grey

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De duif, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De duif

1951
Cobra
76,0cm
x 64,0cm
paper
pencil
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

113

English title

Dove

Alternate titles

De duif
1951 Archive entry
Duif
1974

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1950 Constant
2005 Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst, collection Constant, NL
2012 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Animal
Bird
Dove
Pigeon
War

Frame dimensions

92,5 x 79,3 x 5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Prometheus, 1989

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Prometheus

1989
Late period
135,0cm
x 96,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

39

Prometheus stole fire from the Gods on the Olympus and gave it to the humans. He was punished for his hubris. Zeus chained him to a rock where an eagle (emblem of Zeus) came and picked out his liver. Every day the liver grew back and the torture would repeat.

Alternate titles

Prométhée
2000

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom right in sanguine paint on brown fond
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Eagle
Man
Myth
People
Pink
Red
Suffering

Frame dimensions

150,7 x 112 x 6 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Plaisir et Tristesse de l'amour, 1976

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour

1976
Late period
237,0cm
x 187,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

33

English title

Pleasure and Sadness of Love

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '76, bottom right in black paint
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Dog
Green
Grey
Guitar
Man
Nude
People
Pink
Poetry
Red
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-The Crowd II, 1996

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

The Crowd [II]

1996
Late period
163,0cm
x 170,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, NL

CID

31

In this painting we see a heaving crowd on Queen's Day in Amsterdam.

On the top left of the crowd Constant has depicted himself with his former dog Waldo on his shoulder (Jean-Clarence Lambert, "Constant. L'atelier d'Amsterdam", 2000, p. 49)

Alternate titles

La foule II
2000

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '96, bottom left in black paint

Provenance

Constant
2005 Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst (legacy Constant)
2008 Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst, longterm loan to Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2023 Fondation Constant, longterm loan to Amsterdam Museum, NL
Tags
Animal
Dog
Face
People

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Souvenir de Sousse, 1975

Photographer

Unknown

Souvenir de Sousse

1975
Late period
100,0cm
x 105,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection

CID

28

English title

A Memory of Sousse

Signed/dated

Signed, dated and titled Constant '75 Souvenir de Sousse, bottom center black paint
Tags
Animal
Brown
Dog
Labyrinth
Orange
People
Red
Sepia
Travel
White

Frame dimensions

unknown
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