Constant Nieuwenhuys-Accouplement, 1946

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Accouplement

1946
Early period
20,5cm
x 15,2cm
ink
paper
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

112

A drawing in an exercise book with Greek writings. His wife at the time, Matie van Domselaer, was studying ancient languages.

English title

Coupling

Alternate titles

Copulation
1966
Paring
1974
Copulazione
1966
Paring
1946 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '46, top right in pencil

Provenance

1946 Constant
2002 Private collection, NL (gift)
Tags
Erotica
People
Sex

Frame dimensions

70,6 x 57 x 1,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Espace Érothique, 1971

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Erotic Space

1971
New Babylon
165,0cm
x 175,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

35

Alternate titles

Espace érotique
2008

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '71 bottom left of center, in black paint on red fond
Tags
Erotica
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leda, 1993

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Leda

1993
Late period
110,0cm
x 105,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

19

Constant wanted to create a painting of Leda and the swan that differed from the paintings of his predecessors Delacroix and Cézanne, more sensuous and erotic.

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '93, bottom left in ocher yellow on yellow fond

Provenance

1993 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant
Tags
Agression
Animal
Erotica
Myth
Swan
Woman

Frame dimensions

No