Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Bav, 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Image

Image

Bav

1980
Late period
20,0cm
x 5,0cm
x 7,0cm
brass
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

686

    Signed/dated

    Signed Constant, scratched left on the shoulder
    Tags
    Animal
    Baboon
    Man

    Frame dimensions

    nee

    Image

    Constant Nieuwenhuys-PLAISIR ET TRISTESSE DE L'AMOUR-3, 1979

    Photographer

    Tom Haartsen

    Image

    Image

    Image

    Image

    Image

    PLAISIR ET TRISTESSE DE L'AMOUR: 3. Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour

    1979
    Late period
    46,7cm
    x 37,3cm
    aquatint
    etching
    Collection Fondation Constant, NL

    CID

    679

    5 color etchings with text by Fanny Kelk. Edition: 10 copies (numbered I-X) & 99 copies (numbered 1-99).
    These etchings have been made after a series of five paintings on the same theme done between 1975-78.
    Size paper: 71 x 59,5 cm

      English title

      PLEASURE AND SADNESS OF LOVE: 3. Pleasure and Sadness of Love
      Tags
      Animal
      Brown
      Dog
      Green
      Guitar
      Man
      Nude
      Orange
      People
      Pink
      Poetry
      Red
      Woman

      Frame dimensions

      nee

      Image

      Constant Nieuwenhuys-Tête d'homme, 1991

      Photographer

      Tom Haartsen

      Tête d'homme

      1991
      Late period
      92,0cm
      x 73,0cm
      linen
      oil paint
      Collection Fondation Constant, NL

      CID

      551

        English title

        Head of a Man

        Signed/dated

        Signed and dated Constant '91, bottom left to center in grey paint
        Tags
        Man
        Portrait

        Frame dimensions

        103,5 x 84 x 5 cm

        Image

        Constant Nieuwenhuys-De dichter, 1989

        Photographer

        Tom Haartsen

        Le poète

        1989
        Late period
        44,6cm
        x 34,7cm
        paper
        watercolour
        Collection Fondation Constant, NL

        CID

        546

          English title

          Poet

          Signed/dated

          Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom right in pencil on white fond

          Provenance

          1989 Constant
          Tags
          Man
          People
          Poet
          Portrait

          Frame dimensions

          67,8 x 57,5 x 2,8 cm

          Image

          Constant Nieuwenhuys-Bonhomme, 1947

          Photographer

          Tom Haartsen

          Mannetje

          1947
          Early period
          50,5cm
          x 26,0cm
          x 38,0cm
          metal wire
          paint
          wood
          Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

          CID

          518

            English title

            Little Chap

            Alternate titles

            Mannetje
            1947 Archive entry
            Bonhomme
            2001

            Provenance

            Constant
            Collection W. Hoogstraate, NL
            Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL (bestowal)
            Tags
            Abstract
            Fantasy creature
            Man

            Frame dimensions

            No

            Image

            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

              Image

              Constant Nieuwenhuys-Flamenco, 1997

              Photographer

              Tom Haartsen

              Flamenco

              1997
              Late period
              194,0cm
              x 185,0cm
              linen
              oil paint
              Collection Fondation Constant, NL

              CID

              511

                Signed/dated

                Signed and dated Constant '97, bottom left in brown paint on brown fond
                Tags
                Dance
                Guitar
                Man
                Music
                People
                Woman

                Frame dimensions

                212 x 197 x 7 cm

                Image

                Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zwerver, 1999

                Photographer

                Tom Haartsen

                Zwerver

                1999
                Late period
                56,5cm
                x 33,5cm
                paper
                watercolour
                Collection Fondation Constant, NL

                CID

                506

                  English title

                  Hobo

                  Signed/dated

                  Signed and dated Constant '99, bottom right from center in black watercolor

                  Provenance

                  1999 Constant
                  2005 Collection Fondation Constant
                  Tags
                  Black
                  Grey
                  Man
                  Poverty
                  Streetlife
                  White

                  Frame dimensions

                  82 x 59 x 2,5

                  Image

                  Constant Nieuwenhuys-Jacob van Domselaer, ca 1981

                  Photographer

                  Tom Haartsen

                  ZT/Jaap van Domselaer

                  1981
                  Late period
                  50,0cm
                  x 35,0cm
                  paper
                  watercolour
                  Collection Fondation Constant, NL

                  CID

                  500

                  Circa 1981.
                  Jaap van Domselaer was a poet and the brother of his first wife Matie. He lived with the couple in their apartment in Amsterdam during the second World War. Jaap was shot dead by the Germans when he tried to escape the occupied territory crossing the rivers to the liberated south of Holland. Jaap introduced Constant to many of the philosophers that would proof influential in Constant's visions.

                    Signed/dated

                    Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil

                    Provenance

                    1981 Constant
                    2005 Collection Fondation Constant
                    Tags
                    Art
                    Family
                    Friend
                    Man
                    Poet
                    Portrait

                    Frame dimensions

                    73 x 58,5 x 3 cm

                    Image

                    Constant Nieuwenhuys-Die krähe, 1998

                    Photographer

                    Tom Haartsen

                    Die Krähe

                    1998
                    Late period
                    90,0cm
                    x 95,0cm
                    linen
                    oil paint
                    Collection Fondation Constant, NL

                    CID

                    491

                    The Crow is one of the 24 songs from Winterreise by Franz Schubert. It's a tribute to the poet Wilhelm Müller on whose poems Winterreise is based. On the back of the painting is says gewidmet Wilhelm Müller (dedicated to Wilhem Müller).

                      English title

                      The Crow

                      Alternate titles

                      La Corneille (Hommage à Schubert)
                      2000

                      Signed/dated

                      Signed and dated Constant '98, bottom left in purple paint on purple fond
                      Tags
                      Animal
                      Bird
                      Man
                      Music

                      Frame dimensions

                      unknown