Constant Nieuwenhuys-Portret van Jean-Clarence Lambert, 1997

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Portret van Jean-Clarence Lambert

1997
Late period
46,0cm
x 32,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Jean-Clarence Lambert, Fr.

CID

2428

English title

Portrait of Jean-Clarence Lambert

Signed/dated

Signed and dated, Constant '97, bottom left (name) and right (date) in black crayon

Provenance

Constant
1997 Jean-Clarence Lambert (gift from Constant)
Tags
Friend
Man
People
Portrait
Red
Writer

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le chef de tribe, 1992

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le chef de tribe

1992
Late period
37,0cm
x 29,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

2426

English title

The Leader of the Tribe

Alternate titles

Le chef | Collection d'art
1996

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '92, bottom center in orange crayon on grey fond

Provenance

1992 Constant
1996 Deborah Campert
2007 Collection unknown (Auction Sotheby's Amsterdam)
Tags
Black
Brown
Face
Man
Orange
People
Portrait
Red
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Portrait de Van Gogh, 1990

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Portrait de Van Gogh

1990
Late period
40,0cm
x 31,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

2373

English title

Portrait of Van Gogh

Alternate titles

Van Gogh
1990

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '90, bottom right in black crayon. Titled Van Gogh, bottom right in sepia watercolor
Tags
Art
Man
Painter
People
Portrait

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Guy Debord, 1989

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Guy Debord

1989
Late period
47,5cm
x 35,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

2371

Circa 1989

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in black on black fond
Tags
Friend
Man
People
Portrait

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Orphée en Afrique, 1983

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Orphée en Afrique

1983
Late period
43,0cm
x 33,5cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection

CID

2367

English title

Orpheus in Africa

Signed/dated

Titled and signed, "ORPHEUS" Constant, bottom right in green and grey pencil
Tags
Animal
Guitar
Man
Music
Myth
People
Purple
Sepia
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Étude pour Orphée, 1983

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Étude pour Orphée

1988
Late period
42,0cm
x 36,0cm
lavis
paper
Private collection, NL

CID

2363

English title

Study for Orpheus

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '88, bottom left of center in brown ink

Provenance

1983 Constant
Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
2017 Collection heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL
Tags
Guitar
Man
Music
Myth
Portrait
Sepia

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Homère, ca 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Homère

1980
Late period
59,5cm
x 45,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2359

Circa 1980

English title

Homer

Alternate titles

Homerus
1981

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in black watercolor

Provenance

1980 ca Constant
Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
2017 Collection heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL
Tags
Art
Literature
Man
Myth
People
Poet
Portrait

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le vieux Chinois, 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le vieux Chinois

1982
Late period
59,5cm
x 45,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2358

English title

The Old Chinese

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '83, bottom right from center in pencil

Provenance

1982 Constant
Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
2017 Collection heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL
Tags
Culture
Man
People
Portrait

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Portrait de Moravigine, 1979

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Portrait de Moravagine

1979
Late period
38,5cm
x 30,5cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2355

Moravagine is a Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961) novel, published by Grasset en 1926. It is[1] a complex opus, with a central figure (the Moravagine character) like a dark persona of the author which he gets rid of through writing. Its genesis took a decade (with Cendrars hinting at it as early as 1917) and Cendrars never stopped working on it. In 1956, the author somewhat rewrote the text, added a postface and a section titled "Pro domo: How I wrote Moravagine". In its ultimate revision, Cendrars says the book is definitely incomplete, as it was meant to be a preface to a "complete works of Moravagine" that are not there.

 

English title

Portrait of Moravagine

Signed/dated

Signed and titled Constant Portrait de Moravagine, bottom right in red gouache

Provenance

1979 Constant
Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
2017 Collection Maurits Kruseman, NL (heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL)
Tags
Art
Literature
Man
Portrait

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-D.A.F. De Sade vers la fin de sa vie, 1978

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

D.A.F. De Sade vers la fin de sa vie

1978
Late period
39,0cm
x 30,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2354

English title

De Sade Towards the End of His Life

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in sepia. Titled D.A.F. De Sade vers la fin de sa vie bottom in grey watercolor

Provenance

1978 Constant
1981 Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
2017 Collection Maurits Kruseman, NL (heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL)
Tags
Beige
Blue
Literature
Man
People
Portrait
Sepia

Frame dimensions

No