Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Duistere figuur, ca 1981

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Duistere figuur

1981
Late period
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

7523

Circa 1981

English title

Dark Figure

Signed/dated

Signed 'Constant,' bottom centre in blue.

Provenance

Constant
1988 Collection unknown (Collection d’Art, Amsterdam, NL)
Tags
Figures
People
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Figuren in Landschap 1983

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Figuren in landschap

1983
Late period
indian ink
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

6557

English title

No Title/Figures in Landscape

Signed/dated

"Constant '83'" bottom right in sanguine crayon on pink fond

Provenance

Constant
Tags
Black
Blue
Figures
Green
Landscape
Pink

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Constant-ZT/Twee figuren, ca 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Twee figuren

1982
Late period
crayon
gouache
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

6006

Circa 1982

English title

No Title/Two Figures

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in red crayon on black watercolor fond

Provenance

Constant
1982 Collection unknown (Collection d'art, Amsterdam, NL)
Tags
Animal
Black
Dog
Figures
People
Red
Yellow

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 Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Figures in front of buildings, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

NB/Figures in front of buildings

1972
New Babylon
22,7cm
x 29,8cm
indian ink
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

3181

English title

NB/Figures in front of buildings

Alternate titles

New Babylon
1978

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '72, bottom center in pencil

Provenance

1972 Constant
Collection Lagerwaard, Haarlem
2005 Private collection, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Figures
People

Frame dimensions

50,7 x 45,6 x 2,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Végétation, 1948

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Végétation

1948
Cobra
45,5cm
x 52,8cm
linen
oil paint
Collection De Heus-Zomer, NL

CID

3171

English title

Vegetation

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, center right in greay paint

Provenance

1948 Constant
1951 Henry Schou, Denmark
1987 Collection Willem M. Smit (Sotheby's London)
1993 Collection ABN AMRO, NL (through bankruptcy of Smit collection)
1994 Collection De Heus-Zomer, NL
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Figures
Green
Grey
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

65,6 x 73,3 x 3,6 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-The Surveyor, 1971

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

The Surveyor

1971
New Babylon
34,5cm
x 41,5cm
paper
pen
pencil
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2873

Circa 1971

Alternate titles

The Surveyor
1971 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil. Titled "The surveyor", bottom right in pencil.

Provenance

1971 Constant
1978 Cora de Vries
1978 Private collection
Tags
Figures
People

Frame dimensions

54,7 x 60,6 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Groene figuren in gele ruimte, 1967

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Groene figuren in gele ruimte

1967
New Babylon
109,2cm
x 107,2cm
gouache
ink
pencil
watercolour
Collection Ann & Jan ter Haar, NL

CID

2614

English title

Green Figures in Yellow Space

Alternate titles

Groene figuren in gele ruimte
1967 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '67, bottom right in red pencil

Provenance

1967 Constant
Collection unknown, Haarlem, NL (Galerie T, Middelburg, NL)
2003 Collection Ann & Jan ter Haar, NL (Sotheby's)
Tags
Figures
Ladder

Frame dimensions

115,9 x 124,1 x 3,7 cm
1966 Figuren in een ruimte [I]

Figuren in een ruimte [I]

1966
New Babylon
74,0cm
x 84,0cm
crayon
paper
Collection Aaron Shatzman and Karen Kaplan, USA

CID

2612

The Roman numbering was not given by Constant but serves to distinguish between different works with the same name.

English title

Figures in Space [I]

Alternate titles

Figuren in een labyrinth
2001
Spiegellabyrinth
Unknown
Figuren in een ruimte
1966 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '66, center right in pencil

Provenance

Constant
2001 Collection Hilary Gerrard, London, UK/Monaco, FR (acquired from Constant)
2024 Aaron Shatzman (acquired from Auction Artcurial, Paris [Lot 421], April 5)
Tags
Figures
Futuristic
Labyrinth
Ladder
Wheel

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Figuren in een labyrinth, 1962

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Figuren in een labyrint

1962
New Babylon
31,0cm
x 44,9cm
indian ink
paper
Private collection, NL

CID

2537

English title

Figures in a Labyrinth

Alternate titles

Figuren in een labyrinth '62
1962 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '62, bottom left in ink

Provenance

1962 Constant
Collection Wil Heins, Delft, NL
Private collection, NL
Tags
Figures
Labyrinth

Frame dimensions

51,5 x 64,3 x 1,5 cm