Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Figuren in een ruimte I, 1966

Photographer

Victor E. Nieuwenhuys

Figuren in een ruimte [I]

1966
New Babylon
74,0cm
x 84,0cm
crayon
paper
Collection Hillary Gerard, London, UK/Monaco, FR

CID

2612

No colour image available.
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
    .
    Figuren in een ruimte '66
    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 Auction Artcurial "Contemporary Art, 1950 to Present", April 5 (provider estate Hilary Gerrard)
    Tags
    Figures
    Futuristic
    Labyrinth
    Ladder
    Wheel

    Frame dimensions

    No

    Image

    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

      Image

      Constant Nieuwenhuys-Figuren in de ruimte, 1971

      Photographer

      Tom Haartsen

      Figuren in ruimte

      1971
      New Babylon
      71,2cm
      x 96,7cm
      ink
      paper
      Private collection, NL

      CID

      2524

        English title

        Figures in Space

        Alternate titles

        Figuren in de ruimte
        1971 Archive entry

        Signed/dated

        Signed and dated Constant '71, botom right in ink. Titled Figuren in de ruimte, on the back.

        Provenance

        1971 Constant
        1998 Collection Cobra Café, Amsterdam NL
        2023 Private Collection, NL (Through Adams Auction)
        Tags
        Figures

        Frame dimensions

        79,2 x 104,5 x 2,6 cm

        Image

        Constant Nieuwenhuys-La blouse hongroise, 1974

        Photographer

        Tom Haartsen

        La blouse hongroise

        1974
        New Babylon
        123,0cm
        x 134,0cm
        linen
        oil paint
        Private collection, NL

        CID

        2314

          English title

          The Hungarian Blouse

          Alternate titles

          De Hongaarse bloese
          1974 Archive entry

          Signed/dated

          Signed and dated Constant '74, bottom center in black paint

          Provenance

          1974 Constant
          1975 Collection Ir J.A. Lucas, NL
          2005 Private collection, NL
          Tags
          Architecture
          Figures
          Futuristic

          Frame dimensions

          132,3 x 142,1 x 3,9 cm

          Image

          Constant Nieuwenhuys-Pousse tout fleurie II, 1949

          Photographer

          Tom Haartsen

          Pousse tout fleurie [II]

          1949
          Cobra
          49,0cm
          x 37,7cm
          color lithograph
          Collection Jérôme Guéras

          CID

          2245

          Edition: 50

            English title

            Flowering Growth [II]

            Alternate titles

            Pousse, tout fleurit
            1949 Archive entry

            Signed/dated

            Signed Für Inge Grelle Constant, bottom left in beige pencil
            Tags
            Animal
            Black
            Blue
            Fantasy creature
            Figures
            Flower
            Green
            House
            Orange
            Sun
            Yellow

            Frame dimensions

            84,5 x 69,5 x 4,7 cm

            Image

            Constant Nieuwenhuys-Homo Ludens, 1967

            Photographer

            Tom Haartsen

            Homo Ludens

            1967
            New Babylon
            109,0cm
            x 132,0cm
            paper
            watercolour
            Collection Gallery Delaive, NL

            CID

            1708

              Alternate titles

              Twee figuren (Homo Ludens)
              1967 Archive entry

              Signed/dated

              Signed and dated Constant '67, centre right in pencil

              Provenance

              1967 Constant
              Daniel Gervis, Paris, FR
              2007 Collection Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam, NL (Christie's)
              Tags
              Figures

              Frame dimensions

              116 x 168 x 3,5 cm

              Image

              Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Groene figuren, 1971

              Photographer

              Tom Haartsen

              Groene figuren

              1971
              New Babylon
              37,8cm
              x 45,4cm
              paper
              watercolour
              Private collection, NL

              CID

              1706

                English title

                Green Figures

                Alternate titles

                Groene figuren
                1971 Archive entry

                Signed/dated

                Signed and dated Constant '71, bottom right in green pencil

                Provenance

                1971 Constant
                1976 Collection LeFort- Sillevis Smitt (Collection d'art)
                2015 Private Collection, NL (Christie's Amsterdam)
                Tags
                Figures
                Green

                Frame dimensions

                unknown

                Image

                Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Gouache op boomschors, 1947

                Photographer

                Tom Haartsen

                ZT/Gouache op boomschors

                1947
                Early period
                29,5cm
                x 43,0cm
                gouache
                wood
                Collection Meeuwissen, NL

                CID

                1699

                  English title

                  Untitled/Gouache on Bark

                  Signed/dated

                  Signed Constant, bottom left in black

                  Provenance

                  1947 Constant
                  Collection Karel van Stuyvenberg, NL
                  Collection Meeuwissen, NL
                  Tags
                  Abstract
                  Black
                  Blue
                  Brown
                  Fantasy creature
                  Figures
                  White
                  Yellow

                  Frame dimensions

                  60 x 46,8 x 7,3 cm

                  Image

                  Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'école des méchants, 1949

                  Photographer

                  Tom Haartsen

                  L'école des méchants

                  1949
                  Cobra
                  48,5cm
                  x 53,5cm
                  crayon
                  paper
                  Private collection, UK

                  CID

                  1509

                    English title

                    School of the Wicked

                    Alternate titles

                    School der goddelozen
                    1949
                    L'école des méchants
                    1949 Archive entry

                    Signed/dated

                    Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom left in pencil

                    Provenance

                    1949 Constant
                    Collection Aldo en Hannie van Eyck, NL
                    Private collection, UK
                    Tags
                    Figures
                    People

                    Frame dimensions

                    60,4 x 70,5 cm

                    Image

                    Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 4-Slagveld, 1951

                    Photographer

                    Tom Haartsen

                    Image

                    Image

                    Image

                    Image

                    Image

                    Image

                    L'imagination effrayante 4-Slagveld

                    1951
                    Cobra
                    31,1cm
                    x 38,3cm
                    crayon
                    gouache
                    paper
                    Private collection, UK

                    CID

                    1505

                    Portfolio of 5 drawings

                      English title

                      Scary Fantasy 4-Battlefield

                      Alternate titles

                      De schrikaanjagende verbeeldingskracht
                      1966
                      Terre brûlée
                      1974
                      Slagveld
                      1951 Archive entry

                      Signed/dated

                      Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil

                      Provenance

                      1951 Constant
                      1951 Collection Aldo en Hannie van Eyck, NL
                      1999 Private collection, UK
                      Tags
                      Death
                      Disaster
                      Fantasy
                      Figures
                      War
                      Wheel

                      Frame dimensions

                      No