Constant Nieuwenhuys-Collage van sector modellen, 1969 ca

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Collage sector modellen at its new home MoMA, NY
Collage sector modellen at its new home MoMA, NY

Collage of Sector Models

1969
New Babylon
52,5cm
x 196,0cm
x 1,0cm
hardboard
photo
watercolour
Collection MoMA New York, USA

CID

163

Photo: Victor Nieuwenhuys. Circa 1969.
 

English title

Collage sector modellen

Provenance

Constant
2005 Mrs. Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst, NL [Estate of Contant]
2008 Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (longterm loan)
2015 Collection MoMA New York, USA (Art Basel 2015, Borzo Gallery, NL)
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-1

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961-4
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtecircus, 1956-1961
Ruimtecircus in wording met de twee torens, 1959 ca

Ruimtecircus [I]

1956
New Babylon
69,5cm
x 59,0cm
x 59,0cm
iron
Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL

CID

107

Constructed between 1956 and 1961.

 

English title

Space Circus

Alternate titles

Ruimtecircus
1956 Archive entry
Le cirque de l'espace
1974

Provenance

Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2012 Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959-7
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959-8
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959-9
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959-11
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959-12
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spatiovore IV, 1959-13

Spatiovore [IV]

1960
New Babylon
35,0cm
x 90,0cm
x 64,0cm
metal
paint
plexiglass
wood
Collection Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Paris, FRANCE

CID

88

Image 11-12 and 12-12 are not available in TIFF.

English title

Space Eater [I]

Alternate titles

Spatiovore op grondplaat/Concerthal voor electronische muziek
1960 Archive entry
Konzerthalle für elektronische Musik
1961
Das Ohr von New-Babylon (Halle für elektronische Musik)
1961
Raumschlucker
1964
'Spatiovore' conpiedestallo/Sala per concerti di musica elettronica
1966

Provenance

Constant
1999 acquired by Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, Paris, FRANCE [from Constant]
Tags
Architecture
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

Base plate (height) 1,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ode à l'Odéon, 1969

Photographer

Gemeentemuseum The Hague

Ode à l'Odéon

1969
New Babylon
190,7cm
x 200,2cm
aluminum paint
linen
oil paint
spray paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

81

In Constant's own words: 'Ode à l’Odéon was my first painting after New Babylon. In 1968 there was the student uprising in Paris, where the Odéon theater was occupied. I was in Paris then, by chance on the Rue de l’Odéon. I saw it all from close by.'
Ref: 'Constant' by Linda Boersma, BOMB 91/Spring 2005/ART

English title

Tribute to the Odéon

Alternate titles

Ode til Odéon
1976

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '69, bottom right in black paint on grey fond

Provenance

Constant
1974 langdurig bruikleen aan Haags Gemeentemuseum door Constant
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Rebellion

Frame dimensions

191,5 x 202,1 x 4 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Mobiel ladderlabyrinth, 1967

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Mobiel ladderlabyrint

1967
New Babylon
99,0cm
x 110,0cm
paper
pencil
watercolour
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

80

English title

Labyrinth of Moving Ladders I

Alternate titles

Schets voor een mobiel ladderlabyrint
1974
Mobil stigelabyrint
1976
Schets voor een mobiel ladderlabyrinth
1967 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Titled, signed and dated "Mobiel ladderlabyrinth" Constant '67, bottom right in ink
Tags
Building
City
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-4

Photographer

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-1
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ambiance de jeu, 1956-5

Ambiance de jeu

1956
New Babylon
11,7cm
x 154,6cm
x 155,0cm
brass
oil paint
wood
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

57

English title

Environment of Play

Alternate titles

Ambiance de jeu
1956 Archive entry
Spielgelände
1961
Ambiente gioscoso
1966
Lekeplass
1967

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '56, bottom right in black paint on black fond

Provenance

1956 Constant
1974 Collection Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
2012 Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Black
Blue
Cityscape
Futuristic
Grey
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonneschip, 1956

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonneschip, 1956-1
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonneschip, 1956-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonneschip, 1956-4
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonneschip, 1956-5
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonneschip, 1956-6
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonneschip, 1956-7

Zonneschip

1957
New Babylon
87,0cm
x 177,0cm
x 42,0cm
metal
plexiglass
wood
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

54

English title

Sun Vessel

Alternate titles

Het zonneschip
1965
Sonnenschiff
1961
Zonneschip
1957 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant 1956, scratched on the inside of the plexiglass curve

Provenance

1957 Constant
1965 Collection Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
2012 Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
City
Futuristic
Travel
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtevaart, 1957

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ruimtevaart, 1957-2

Ruimtevaart

1957
New Babylon
31,0cm
x 42,0cm
oil paint
panel
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

49

English title

Space Travel

Alternate titles

Ruimtevaart
1957 Archive entry
Voyage dans l'espace
2001

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right scratched in black

Provenance

1957 Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2008 Long term loan to Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
Tags
Futuristic
Space

Frame dimensions

52 x 63 x 5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with Transparent Planes, 1954

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with Transparent Planes, 1954-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with Transparent Planes, 1954-4
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with Transparent Planes, 1954-5
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with Transparent Planes, 1954-6

Constructie met doorzichtige vlakken [I]

1954
Towards a synthesis of art
76,0cm
x 76,0cm
x 50,0cm
aluminum
plexiglass
Collection MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, Spain

CID

45

English title

Construction with Transparent Planes

Alternate titles

Constructie met doorzichtige vlakken
1954 Archive entry
Konstruktion mit dursichtigen Flächen
1964
Transparent Plane Construction
1966
Costruzione con superficie trasparante
1966
Construction aux plans transparents
2001

Provenance

1954 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant (Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst)
2009 Collection MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, ES
Tags
Abstract
Architecture
Futuristic

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren, 1971

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-1
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-2
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-3
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-4
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-5
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-6
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-7
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-8
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-9
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-10
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-11
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-12
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-13
1971 Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren-14

Gezicht op New Babylonische sectoren

1971
New Babylon
135,0cm
x 223,0cm
pencil
photo montage
watercolour
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

43

English title

View of New Babylonian Sectors

Alternate titles

Gezicht op New Babylon
1971 Archive entry
Rue de New Babylon
1974
Gezicht op enkele newbabyloniese sectoren
1974
Vue des secteurs babyloniens
1997

Provenance

Constant
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Landscape

Frame dimensions

nee