Signed and dated Constant '49, top right in pencil on yellow fond
Provenance
Constant
+- 1965 Collection Steef de Vries, NL
Collection K. van Stuijvenberg, NL
2002 Galerie Moderne Silkeborg and Gerard Lasès NL
2005 Collection Meeuwissen, NL (Gerard Lasès, Nl)
Tags
Brown
Erotica
Fantasy creature
Green
Red
Frame dimensions
No
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Twee dieren
1946
Early period
58,0cm
x 64,4cm
gouache
linen
oil paint
Collection Frans Hals Museum, NL
CID
292
Details
English title
Two Animals
Alternate titles
Twee dieren
1946 Archive entry
Zwei Tiere
1967
Nachtdieren
1970
Nachttiere
1986
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in black paint
Provenance
1946 Constant
Collection H. de Jong, Hengelo
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Fantasy creature
Red
Sepia
White
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Zondebok
1949
Cobra
92,1cm
x 75,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Bochum, DE
CID
286
Details
English title
Scapegoat
Alternate titles
De zondebok (Le bouc émissaire)
1949 Archive entry
Der Sündenbock
1961
Le bouc émissaire
2001
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom center in orange paint on black fond
Provenance
1949 Constant
Collection Kunstmuseum Bochum, DE
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Brown
Fantasy creature
Goat
Grey
Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
White
Yellow
Frame dimensions
Unknown
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
L'animal sorcier
1949
Cobra
110,0cm
x 84,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Centre Pompidou, FR
CID
282
Details
English title
The Sorcerer Animal
Alternate titles
L'animal sorcier
1949 Archive entry
Das zaubernde Tier
1961
Het toverende dier
1966
De tovenaarsleerling
2008
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom right in black paint
Provenance
1949 Constant
Collection Centre Pompidou, FR
Tags
Animal
Bird
Fantasy creature
Ladder
Moon
Wheel
Frame dimensions
123,3 x 98,2 x 5,5 cm
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Fête de la tristesse
1949
Cobra
85,0cm
x 110,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL on longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed
CID
281
Painted on his birthday July 21st, 1949, this painting captures the heartache Constant experiences after his wife Matie has left him for his friend and colleague Asger Jorn, taking his two daughters Martha and Olga with her.
Details
English title
Feast of Sadness
Alternate titles
Fête de la tristesse
1948
Feest der droevenis
2015
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '49, top center in black
Provenance
1949 Constant
1962 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed | K62384
2002 Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL
Tags
Animal
Fantasy creature
Figures
Heartache
Love
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
L'oeil bleu
1948
Cobra
100,0cm
x 56,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museum Jorn, DK
CID
276
Details
English title
The Blue Eye
Alternate titles
Masker met blauw oog
1948 Archive entry
Het blauwe oog
1980
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom right in white paint on black fond
Provenance
1948 Constant
Collection Elise Johansen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collection Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, DK
Tags
Black
Blue
Fantasy creature
White
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Unknown
J'ai vu les ours blancs
1948
Cobra
144,3cm
x 109,6cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, DK
CID
275
Details
English title
I've Seen the White Bears
Alternate titles
J'ai vu les ours blancs
1948 Archive entry
IJsberen (J'ai vu les ours blancs)
1948 Archive entry
J'ai visité les ours blancs
1997 catalog COBRA. Co penhagen BR ussels A msterdam
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom left in black paint. Titled J'ai vu les ours blancs blancs, bottom left in black paint
Provenance
1948 Constant
Collection K. Kerstensen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collection Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, DK
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Bear
Black
Fantasy creature
Pink
Red
White
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Grieks theater
1948
Cobra
33,5cm
x 23,0cm
ink
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
252
A drawing on a page from one of the notebooks of his wife at the time, Matie van Domselaer, who was studying ancient languages.
Details
English title
Grecian Theater
Alternate titles
Grieks theater
1948 Archive entry
Théâtre grec
1982 | Cobra: 1948-1951
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom right in pencil
Provenance
1948 Constant
2003 Private collection, NL (gift)
Tags
Animal
Culture
Fantasy creature
Figures
Theater
Frame dimensions
52 x 41 x 1,2 cm
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Goede Morgen Haan, pag 03-04
1949
Cobra
crayon
ink
paper
pencil
Collection Fondation Constant
CID
245
A small printed booklet with poetry by Gerrit Kouwenaar and drawings by Constant. They created it in 1949 and it was supposed to be a little joke. This is also one of the lines in the booklet: 'Everyone considers themself to be a joke, A joke is allowed' The words and drawings are an expression of the playfullness of their creators where sometimes the words came first and the drawings followed as a reaction and sometimes the other way around.