Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Landschap met vogel, 1971 ca

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Landschap met vogel

1971
New Babylon
35,5cm
x 50,5cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

218

Circa 1971.

English title

No Title/Landscape With Bird

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, center left on the horizon in ink
Tags
Animal
Bird
Green
Grey
Landscape
Red

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Duif, 1952

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Gewonde duif [II]

1952
Cobra
50,4cm
x 49,8cm
crayon
gouache
paper
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

212

English title

Wounded Dove [II]

Alternate titles

Colombe blesée
1974
Gewonde duif
1952 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '52, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1952 Constant
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Animal
Bird
Pigeon
War

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Orpheus met dieren, ca 1981

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Orpheus met dieren

1981
Late period
41,5cm
x 39,5cm
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

186

Circa 1981
Editions: 230 [200 & XXX]
Part of a portfolio with graphic work from 20 contemporary artists, published by GIN gallery and printed by Studio Art 3 in Milan, Italy. Year of publication unknown.

English title

Orpheus with Animals
Tags
Animal
Bird
Cat
Guitar
Lion
Man
Music
Myth

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Orpheus, 1983

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Orpheus

1983
Late period
29,1cm
x 24,1cm
vernis mou
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

185

Edition: unknown

Tags
Animal
Bird
Cat
Dog
Guitar
Man
Music
Myth

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Duif, 1952

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Duif

1952
Cobra
100,0cm
x 65,3cm
paper
pencil
Collection Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed longterm loan to Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL

CID

158

English title

Dove

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '52, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

Constant
1954 Collection Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed | SZ5472
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
Tags
Animal
Bird
Dove
Pigeon
War

Frame dimensions

nee
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