Collection Cobra Museum of Modern Art Amstelveen, NL on loangterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed
CID
640
Details
English title
Greetings from New Babylon
Alternate titles
Winkel in New Babylon
1964 - Documenta III Kassel
Grüsse aus New Babylon
1967
Saluti da 'New Babylon'
1966
Groeten uit New-Babylon
1969
Groeten uit New Babylon
1963 Archive entry
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '63, bottom center in green paint on red cloud
Provenance
1963 Constant
1969 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed | K69409
2013 Collection Cobra Museum of Modern Art Amstelveen, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Frame dimensions
Unknown
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Constructie met ladders
1961
New Babylon
146,5cm
x 112,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich
CID
634
Constant himself gave this work the title Visionaire stad (Visionary city) but when the work was exhibited at the Biennale in Venice in 1966 the work was titled Constructie met ladders.
Details
English title
Construction with Ladders
Alternate titles
Visionaire stad
1956 Archive entry
Construction with Ladders
1966
Construzzione con scale
1966
Die Stadt
1961
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '61, right from center on top of the white horizon on the right of the red triangle, scratched in black fond.
Provenance
1961 Constant
2005 Legacy Constant - Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2006 Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL, longterm loan Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst