Constant Nieuwenhuys-Verschroeide aarde I, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Verschroeide aarde [I]

1951
Cobra
142,7cm
x 110,4cm
chalk
linen
oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL

CID

1497

English title

Scorched Earth [I]

Alternate titles

De oorlog
1951 Archive entry
Terre brûlée I
1992
Der Krieg
1961
La guerre
1959
Terra bruciata I
1966

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1951 Constant
1953 Sociale Zaken, NL
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
Tags
Destruction
Human disaster
Landscape
War
Wheel

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Verschroeide aarde, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Verschroeide aarde

1951
Cobra
44,5cm
x 55,9cm
gouache
paper
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

1358

English title

Scorched Earth

Alternate titles

Verschroeide aarde
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil.

Provenance

1951 Constant
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Destruction
Landscape
War

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gewonde duif, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Gewonde duif

1951
Cobra
141,0cm
x 133,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed on longterm loan to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL

CID

1270

English title

Wounded Dove

Alternate titles

Gewonde duif
1951 Archive entry
Colombe blesée
1992
Verwundete Taube
1961

Signed/dated

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

Provenance

1951 Constant
1963 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, NL | E1253
2002 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL
Tags
Animal
Bird
Destruction
Dove
War

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Espace en destruction, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Espace en destruction

1972
New Babylon
120,4cm
x 130,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed

CID

1240

English title

Space in Destruction

Alternate titles

Espace en destruction
1972 Archive entry

Signed/dated

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

Provenance

1972 Constant
1975 Collection Cleveringa, NL (Galerie Nouvelles Images, NL)
1986 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, NL | AB7046 (donation)
Collection Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL
Tags
Destruction
War

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-8X LA GUERRE 8, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

8 x LA GUERRE 8

1951
Cobra
40,1cm
x 27,8cm
lithograph
Collection Fondation Constant

CID

662

Edition: 50

English title

Portfolio: 8 X WAR 8

Alternate titles

8 maal de oorlog
1966
Duif-kat
1968

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, center right in the wing of the bird in pencil
Tags
Animal
Bird
Cat
Death
Destruction
War

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Terre brûlée III, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Verschroeide aarde [III]

1951
Cobra
120,0cm
x 75,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL

CID

291

English title

Scorched Earth [III]

Alternate titles

Verschroeide aarde
1951 Archive entry
Le monde en décomposition
1959
Verbrannte Erde
1961
Scorched Earth
1966
Terra bruciata
1966
Terre ravagée
1982
Terre brûlée III
1992

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, top right in light blue paint

Provenance

Constant
Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
Tags
Death
Destruction
Landscape
People
War
Wheel

Frame dimensions

unknown
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
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De brand, 1987

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

L'incendie [II]

1987
Late period
80,0cm
x 83,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

16

After a friend asks him how he would paint his painting L'Incendie, 1950, now? Constant paints it again this time in a more coloristic way.

English title

The Fire

Alternate titles

L'incendie
1995
De brand [II]
1987

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '86 '87 bottom right in brown paint on brown fond
Tags
Building
Destruction
Disaster
Human disaster
Suffering
Woman

Frame dimensions

96 x 99 x 6 cm