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 ruimte
1966 Archive entry
Spiegellabyrinth
Unknown
Figuren in een labyrinth
2001

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
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
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
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Pousse tout fleurie II, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Pousse tout fleurit [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
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

English title

Playing Man

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
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
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
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

L'école des méchants
1949 Archive entry
School der goddelozen
1949
Zondagsschool
2002 Hummelink

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

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-couverture, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-dedicace, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 1, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 2, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 3, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 5, 1951

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

Slagveld
1951 Archive entry
De schrikaanjagende verbeeldingskracht
1966
Terre brûlée
1974

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