Constant Nieuwenhuys-Collage van sector modellen, 1969 ca

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Collage sector modellen at its new home MoMA, NY
Collage sector modellen at its new home MoMA, NY

Collage of Sector Models

1969
New Babylon
52,5cm
x 196,0cm
x 1,0cm
hardboard
photo
watercolour
Collection MoMA New York, USA

CID

163

Photo: Victor Nieuwenhuys. Circa 1969.
 

English title

Collage sector modellen

Provenance

Constant
2005 Mrs. Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst, NL [Estate of Contant]
2008 Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (longterm loan)
2015 Collection MoMA New York, USA (Art Basel 2015, Borzo Gallery, NL)
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gastarbeiders, 1970

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Gastarbeiders

1970
New Babylon
17,6cm
x 15,4cm
dry point needle
etching
printing plate
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

146

Edition: 60

English title

Foreign Workers
Tags
Cityscape
People

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gezicht op het Sarphatipark, 1945

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Gezicht op het Sarphatipark

1945
Early period
97,5cm
x 76,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

117

English title

Cityscape Sarphatipark, Amsterdam

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '45, bottom right in red (difficult to see)

Provenance

1945 Constant
Collection Jan Rovers, NL
Private collection, NL
Tags
Amsterdam
Cityscape

Frame dimensions

110,5 x 86,5 x 5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-1

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-4
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961
Ruimtecircus in wording met de twee torens, 1959 ca

Ruimtecircus [I]

1956
New Babylon
69,5cm
x 59,0cm
x 59,0cm
iron
Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL

CID

107

Constructed between 1956 and 1961.

 

English title

Space Circus

Alternate titles

Ruimtecircus
1956 Archive entry
Le cirque de l'espace
1974

Provenance

Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2012 Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ode à l'Odéon, 1969

Photographer

Gemeentemuseum The Hague

Ode à l'Odéon

1969
New Babylon
190,7cm
x 200,2cm
aluminum paint
linen
oil paint
spray paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

81

In Constant's own words: 'Ode à l’Odéon was my first painting after New Babylon. In 1968 there was the student uprising in Paris, where the Odéon theater was occupied. I was in Paris then, by chance on the Rue de l’Odéon. I saw it all from close by.'
Ref: 'Constant' by Linda Boersma, BOMB 91/Spring 2005/ART

English title

Tribute to the Odéon

Alternate titles

Ode til Odéon
1976

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '69, bottom right in black paint on grey fond

Provenance

Constant
1974 langdurig bruikleen aan Haags Gemeentemuseum door Constant
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Rebellion

Frame dimensions

191,5 x 202,1 x 4 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-4

Photographer

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-1
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-5

Ambiance de jeu

1956
New Babylon
11,7cm
x 154,6cm
x 155,0cm
brass
oil paint
wood
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

57

English title

Environment of Play

Alternate titles

Ambiance de jeu
1956 Archive entry
Spielgelände
1961
Ambiente gioscoso
1966
Lekeplass
1967

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '56, bottom right in black paint on black fond

Provenance

1956 Constant
1974 Collection Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
2012 Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Black
Blue
Cityscape
Futuristic
Grey
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren, 1971

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-1
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-2
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-3
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-4
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-5
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-6
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-7
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-8
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-9
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-10
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-11
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-12
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-13
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-14

Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren

1971
New Babylon
135,0cm
x 223,0cm
pencil
photo montage
watercolour
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

43

English title

View of New Babylonian Sectors

Alternate titles

Gezicht op New Babylon
1971 Archive entry
Rue de New Babylon
1974
Gezicht op enkele newbabyloniese sectoren
1974
Vue des secteurs babyloniens
1997

Provenance

Constant
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Landscape

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Terrain Vague II, 1973

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Terrain vague [II]

1973
New Babylon
190,0cm
x 200,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

41

Of a series of three.

English title

Wasteland [II]

Alternate titles

Paysage artificiel
1974

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '73, bottom left in black paint
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Landscape

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Terrain Vague I, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Terrain vague [I]

1972
New Babylon
120,0cm
x 130,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection ProWinko, NL

CID

29

Number one in a series of three

English title

Wasteland [I]

Alternate titles

Verwoeste stad
.
Terrain vague
1972 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '72, bottom right in black paint on red fond

Provenance

1972 Constant
1974 Collection Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris
1980 ca Collection Cees Hendrikse, Groningen (Daniel Gervis)
2006 Collection Lases, NL
2007 Collection ProWinko, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Ladder
Landscape
Red
Wheel

Frame dimensions

130,2 x 140,2 x 6 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Insurrection II, 1985

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

L'insurrection [II]

1985
Late period
148,0cm
x 198,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

14

Inspired by the Paris Commune in 1871

English title

The Revolt

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant ' 85, bottom right in purple paint

Provenance

1985 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
2008 Long term loan to Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2023 Long term loan to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Cityscape
People
Rebellion
Violence
War

Frame dimensions

167 x 216 x 6,5 cm