Constant Nieuwenhuys-Birds with animal figures, 1949

Photographer

Amanda Powers

Birds with animal figures

1949
Cobra
50,5cm
x 65,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

3901

NO TIFF AVAILABLE

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom left in pencil
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Blue
Fantasy creature
Red

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-15 La flûte de Pan, 2000

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-00 Titel blad
Constant Nieuwenhuys-14 Marsyas
Constant Nieuwenhuys-15 La flûte de Pan
Constant Nieuwenhuys-16 ZT/Het villen van de Marsyas

Constant 1998 1999 2000-Studies for Marsyas

2000
Late period
paper
pen
pencil
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

3312

Three sketches for the skinning of Marsyas, which never resulted in an oil painting.

Signed/dated

Titled La flûte de PAN, top right in pencil

Provenance

Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2012 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Animal
Fantasy creature
Flute
Man
Music
Myth

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Mannetje, 1948

Photographer

Jan Zweerts

Mannetje

1948
Cobra
61,0cm
x 46,5cm
gouache
paper
wax crayon
Private collection, Belgium

CID

3265

English title

Little Man

Alternate titles

Mannetje
1948 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection Steef de Vries, Schiedam, NL
2005 Private collection, BE (Sotheby's)
Tags
Black
Blue
Fantasy creature
Figures
Man

Frame dimensions

No
Constant K. Appel Corneille | Santee Landweer, 1948

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Constant K. Appel Corneille | Poster

1948
Cobra
crayon
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

3253

Poster for the exhibition Constant K. Appel Corneille at gallery Santee Landweer in Amsterdam in 1948.

Alternate titles

Affiche
1948 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom right in pencil
Tags
Black
Fantasy creature
Red

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De vogelman, 1949

Photographer

Unknown

De vogelman

1949
Cobra
30,0cm
x 24,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, Belgium

CID

3195

English title

The Birdman

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, on the back (in 1988)

Provenance

1949 Constant
1949 Collection Christian Dotremont, Belgium
+- 1950 Collection Général Major Piet de Groof (Walter Korun), Belgium
1988 Private collection, Belgium
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Fantasy creature
Man
Red
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-La belle et la bête, ca 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La belle et la bête

1980
Late period
23,5cm
x 24,5cm
crayon
ink
pencil
Private collection, NL

CID

2987

Circa 1980

English title

Beauty and the Beast

Signed/dated

Signed and titled Constant "La belle et la bête", bottom left in ink

Provenance

1980 Constant
1980 tentoonstelling Constant | tekeningen, Adèle van Rijckevorsel
Private Collector
2008 Veiling Glerum (01.12.2008)
2008 Private Collector, NL
Tags
Fairy Tales
Fantasy creature
People
Woman

Frame dimensions

40,8 x 41,3 x 1,0 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Vegetatie, 1948

Photographer

Unknown

Vegetatie

1948
Cobra
54,0cm
x 65,0cm
lacquer
linen
Private collection, Danmark

CID

2985

English title

Vegetation

Alternate titles

Vegetatie
1948 Archive entry
Bird Creatures
2012
Fuglevæsener
2012

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom left in pencil

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection Colette Allendy
2012 Private Collector, Danmark (Bruun Rasmussen)
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Fantasy creature
Orange
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Geel dier, 1948

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Geel dier

1948
Cobra
75,0cm
x 95,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection SMK Museum, Copenhagen

CID

2913

English title

Yellow Animal

Alternate titles

Geel dier (Animal revolté)
1948 Archive entry
La belle et la bête
1949

Signed/dated

Signed and dated '48 Constant, bottom right in red paint on ochre yellow and ochre green fond

Provenance

Constant
1950 Collection Dupont, Arhus, Denmark
2001 Gallery Lasès, Netherlands
2007 Collection unknown (Bruun Rasmusseum, Denmark)
2017 Collection Staten Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tags
Animal
Fantasy creature
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Keramiek bord dieren, 1949

Photographer

Unknown

ZT/Kom dieren

1949
Cobra
8,5cm
x 9,2cm
x 9,2cm
ceramic
paint
Collection Design Museum Den Bosch, NL

CID

2879

No TIFF image available.

English title

No Title/Cup Animals

Alternate titles

Beker
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed Constant 2, scratched in the bottom

Provenance

Constant
Collection H. Plomper, Bergen (NL)
Collection Design Museum Den Bosch, NL
Tags
Animal
Fantasy creature

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Bord dieren, 1948

Photographer

Unknown

ZT/Bord dieren

1948
Cobra
9,2cm
x 44,5cm
x 44,5cm
ceramic
paint
Collection Design Museum Den Bosch, NL

CID

2878

No TIFF image available.

English title

No Title/Ceramic Plate Animals

Alternate titles

Bord
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, on the back in black paint

Provenance

1948 Constant
H. Plomper, Bergen
W.H. Smit, Brussels
1995 Design Museum Den Bosch, NL
Tags
Animal
Bird
Fantasy creature

Frame dimensions

No