Constant Nieuwenhuys-Fanny in het ziekenhuis, 1976

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Fanny in het ziekenhuis

1976
Late period
68,5cm
x 62,2cm
cardboard
crayon
pastel
Private collection, NL

CID

1108

English title

Fanny in the Hospital

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '76, bottom left in black pencil

Provenance

1976 Constant
1976 Collection Fanny Kelk, NL
1978 Private collection, NL
Tags
Love
Woman

Frame dimensions

79,4 x 71,9 x 4,2 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Portret van Fanny Kelk, 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Fanny Kelk

1980
Late period
95,0cm
x 74,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

1107

On the back: Voor Constantijn van Constant 31-8-1988 (To Constantijn from Constant 31-8-1988)

English title

Fanny Kelk

Alternate titles

Portret van Fanny Kelk
1980

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant 1980, bottom center in purple paint on black fond

Provenance

1980 Constant
Private collection, NL
Tags
Friend
Love
People
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

111,4 x 91,6 x 5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-La mort de l'aimée, 1978

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La mort de l’aimée

1978
Late period
79,5cm
x 83,7cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

1106

English title

Death of the beloved

Alternate titles

De dood van de geliefde
2008

Signed/dated

Dated and signed Le 7 nov.'78 Constant, bottom left from center pink on pink fond

Provenance

Constant
1979, Private collection, NL
Tags
Death
Love
Woman

Frame dimensions

93,9 x 96,7 x 3,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Femme Terrible, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La Femme Terrible

1949
Cobra
85,5cm
x 75,6cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

1006

English title

Terrible Woman

Alternate titles

La Femme Terrible
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom center in black paint. Dated '49, bottom right in black paint

Provenance

1949 Constant
Collection Har Oudejans, NL
2014 Private collection, NL (Christie's Amsterdam)
Tags
Child
Heartache
Love
Mother
Woman

Frame dimensions

88,3 x 78,3 x 3,9 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Japanese Love Call, 1966

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Japanese Love Call

1966
New Babylon
51,7cm
x 76,0cm
color lithograph
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

886

Edition: 200 [190 & 10 h.s.]

Alternate titles

Japanese Love Call
1966 Archive entry
Tags
Erotica
Love
People
Sex

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Liefdespaar, 1977

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Liefdespaar

1977
Late period
101,5cm
x 72,5cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

516

English title

Love Couple

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '77, center right in bruine inkt op sanguine fond

Provenance

1977 Constant
2005 nalatenschap Constant
2011 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Love
Man
Nude
People
Pink
Sepia
Sex
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le baiser, 1949

Photographer

Unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le baiser II, 1999

Le baiser

1949
Cobra
90,0cm
x 85,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection unknown

CID

284

English title

The Kiss

Alternate titles

Baises profond
1949
De kus
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom right from center in black paint

Provenance

1949 Constant
Collection Olga Nieuwenhuys, NL (gift)
Collection unknown
Tags
Animal
Love

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Fête de la Tristesse, 1949

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.

English title

Feast of Sadness

Alternate titles

Feest der droevenis
2015
Fête de la tristesse
1948

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
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte, 1949

Photographer

Unknown

Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte

1949
Cobra
110,0cm
x 95,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Munich to Kunsthalle Emden, Germany. Donation from Otto van de Loo

CID

280

English title

Woman Who Injured a Bird with a Dead Leaf

Alternate titles

Femme qui a blessé un oiseau avec une feuille morte
1949
Femme pleurante, blessé par une feuille morte
1986

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, top left in brown paint on blue grey fond

Provenance

1949 Constant
Collection Henri Lazard, Lausanne, CH
Collection Otto van de Loo, Munich, DE
Collection Kunsthalle Emden (donation Otto van de Loo, Munich, DE)
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Blue
Brown
Grey
Heartache
Love
Metaphor
People
Red
White
Woman

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Portrait de Matie I, 1946

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Portret van Matie [I]

1946
Early period
89,0cm
x 75,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

2

A portrait of Constant's first wife Matie van Domselaer, inspired by Picasso

English title

A portrait of Matie [I]

Alternate titles

Portrait de Matie
2001

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in black paint

Provenance

1946 Constant
Tags
Family
Love
Mother
Wife
Woman

Frame dimensions

101,4 x 86,8 x 4 cm