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-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