Constant Nieuwenhuys-Automne, 1947

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Automne (Kinderen)

1947
Early period
30,3cm
x 24,8cm
color lithograph
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

769

Edition: 4

English title

Fall (also known as Children)

Alternate titles

Vogels
1947 Archive entry
Automne
1947 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '47 3/4, bottom right in black and pencil
Tags
Child
People

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Jongen met leeuw, 1987

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Jongen met leeuw

1987
Late period
14,1cm
x 12,2cm
etching
sugar tint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

765

Edition: 45

English title

Boy with Lion
Tags
Animal
Boy
Child
Grey
Lion

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ziek kind, 1992

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Het zieke kind

1992
Late period
17,7cm
x 12,7cm
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

760

Edition: 10

English title

Ill Child
Tags
Child
Family
Mother
People
Woman

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Meisje, ca 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Meisje

1985
Late period
38,3cm
x 27,6cm
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

547

Circa 1985

English title

Girl

Alternate titles

Meisje
1982

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, top right in ink

Provenance

1982 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant
Tags
Black
Child
People
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

60,6 x 50 x 2,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De wees, 1995

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De wees

1995
Late period
116,0cm
x 89,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

512

English title

Orphan

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '95, center right in red paint
Tags
Child

Frame dimensions

121,5 x 94,0 x 5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Femme et enfant, 1997

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Femme et enfant

1997
Late period
56,0cm
x 41,8cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

504

One of Constant's personal favourites.

English title

Woman and Child

Signed/dated

Signed and dated - Constant '97 - vertically bottom left in black crayon
Tags
Brown
Child
Family
Mother
People
Red
Woman

Frame dimensions

81 x 66 x 3 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Medea, 2000

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Medea [II]

2000
Late period
53,6cm
x 33,5cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

445

The numbering is for practical reasons to distinguish between different works with the same title.

Signed/dated

Titled "MEDEA", bottom left in black gouache. Signed and dated Constant '00, bottom right in black ink on blue fond
Tags
Child
Literature
Mother
Murder
Myth
Woman

Frame dimensions

76,8 x 56,5 x 3 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Erlkönig, 1990

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Erlkönig

1990
Late period
45,9cm
x 35,4cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

441

The Elf King king is a ballad written by the German poet, Goethe, in 1782. Put to music by Schubert in 1815. It tells the sad tale of a father riding home with his son in his arms (presumably the boy is ill). The boy sees feverish images of the Elven king, imagery of death, who tries to lure him to the 'other side'. The boy frantically cries out to his father for help. The Elven king is relentless and threatens to take the boy by force. When the father reaches his destination the boy has passed away.
Constant also made an etch of the Erlkönig.

English title

Elf King

Alternate titles

Le roi des aulnes
1994

Signed/dated

Signed, dated and titled Constant '90, "Erlkönig", bottom left in black pencil

Provenance

1990 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant
Tags
Art
Child
Death
Father
Music

Frame dimensions

69,3 x 58,9 x 2,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Abandonnée, 1994

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Abandonné

1994
Late period
51,9cm
x 40,2cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

440

English title

Abandoned

Alternate titles

Verlaten kind
1995

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '94, bottom left in pencil on yellow/white fond

Provenance

1994 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant
Tags
Black
Child
Green
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

74,9 x 62,9 x 2,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Luchtaanval, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Luchtaanval

1951
Cobra
125,0cm
x 117,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, NL longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed

CID

290

English title

Air Raid

Alternate titles

Verschroeide aarde (Luchtaanval)
1951 Archive entry
Attaque aérienne
2001

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom left from center in yellow|brown paint on blue|green fond

Provenance

1951 Constant
1962 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed | K62349
2002 Collection Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, NL
Tags
Airplane
Animal
Black
Blue
Brown
Child
Death
Destruction
Dog
People
War
White

Frame dimensions

127,7 x 120,2 x 4,4 cm