Constant Nieuwenhuys-La guerre II, 1951

Photographer

Unknown

La guerre [II]

1951
Cobra
48,5cm
x 50,5cm
crayon
gouache
paper
Collection Galerie van de Loo, Germany

CID

2915

English title

The War [II]

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom center in white paint

Provenance

1951 Constant
Tags
Death
People
War

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-La guerre I, ca 1951

Photographer

Unknown

La guerre [I]

1951
Cobra
gouache
paper
Collection unknown

CID

2889

Circa 1951

English title

The War I

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in white
Tags
Death
People
War
Wheel

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Erlkönig II, 1990

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Erlkönig [II]

1990
Late period
45,0cm
x 32,5cm
paper
washed ink
Collection Jaski Gallery, NL

CID

2336

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

Erlking [II]

Signed/dated

Titled, signed and dated "Erlkönig", bottom left in black pencil and Constant '90, bottom right in black pencil.
Tags
Child
Death
Family
Father
Music

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Cemetery, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Kerkhof

1951
Cobra
43,6cm
x 56,2cm
gouache
paper
Collection A.M.C. Amsterdam, NL

CID

1605

English title

Cemetery

Alternate titles

Krähe
1967
Cimitero
1966
Kerkhof
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, center right from the center on the horizon, in pencil.

Provenance

1951 Constant
1980 ca. Collection A.M.C. Amsterdam, NL
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Death
Grey
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

71,3 x 80,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De oorlog II, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De oorlog [II]

1951
Cobra
36,7cm
x 45,7cm
crayon
paper
watercolour
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL

CID

1587

English title

The War [II]

Alternate titles

De oorlog
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom left in pencil

Provenance

Constant
1958 Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL (Gemeentelijk kunstaankoop)
Tags
Death
People
War

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De oorlog, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De oorlog

1951
Cobra
45,8cm
x 45,4cm
gouache
ink
paper
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL

CID

1582

English title

The War

Alternate titles

De oorlog
1951 Archive entry
La guerre
1953 (Archive Stedelijk)

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom left in black paint

Provenance

Constant
1953 Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL (BKB)
Tags
Death
People
War

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Dode koeien, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Dode koeien

1951
Cobra
79,0cm
x 64,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL

CID

1554

English title

Dead Cows

Alternate titles

Dode koeien (La corrida)
1951
Cadavres des vaches
1992
Corrida
2003

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in black

Provenance

1951 Constant
1954 Sociale Zaken, NL
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Cow
Death
Grey
Red
War
Wheel
White

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 4-Slagveld, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-couverture, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-dedicace, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 1, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 2, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 3, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 5, 1951

L'imagination effrayante 4-Slagveld

1951
Cobra
31,1cm
x 38,3cm
crayon
gouache
paper
Private collection, UK

CID

1505

Portfolio of 5 drawings

English title

Scary Fantasy 4-Battlefield

Alternate titles

De schrikaanjagende verbeeldingskracht
1966
Terre brûlée
1974
Slagveld
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1951 Constant
1951 Collection Aldo en Hannie van Eyck, NL
1999 Private collection, UK
Tags
Death
Disaster
Fantasy
Figures
War
Wheel

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 3, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-couverture, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-dedicace, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 1, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 2, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 4, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 5, 1951

L'imagination effrayante 3

1951
Cobra
31,0cm
x 38,5cm
crayon
gouache
paper
Private collection, UK

CID

1504

Portfolio of 5 drawings

English title

Scary Fantasy 3

Alternate titles

De schrikaanjagende verbeeldingskracht
1966
Zonder titel
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1951 Constant
1951 Collection Aldo en Hannie van Eyck, NL
1999 Private collection, UK
Tags
Black
Blue
Death
Disaster
People
War
Wheel
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT-Oorlog II , 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Oorlog

1951
Cobra
36,4cm
x 45,5cm
crayon
ink
paper
pastel
Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL

CID

1443

English title

No Title/War

Alternate titles

Zonder titel/Oorlog II
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, center left on the horizon in pencil.

Provenance

1951 Constant
Collection Eva Bendien, NL
Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL
Tags
Death
People
War

Frame dimensions

nee