Constant Nieuwenhuys-Femme qui a quitté sa maison pour la lune, 1949-scan Album Cobra 1, p. 10

Photographer

scan
Femme qui a quitté sa maison pour la lune | Destroyed

Femme qui a quitté sa maison pour la lune | Destroyed

1949
Cobra
105,0cm
x 90,0cm
linen
oil paint
Destroyed

CID

3144

Created after Constant's wife Matie left him for his friend Asger Jorn in 1949, the work did not survive Constant's scrutiny. Asger Jorn is represented by the moon. 

English title

Woman Who Left her Home for the Moon

Alternate titles

Lunatic
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, center left

Provenance

1949 Constant
Destroyed
Tags
Heartache
Love
Moon
People
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Cat in the moonlight, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Cat in the moonlight

Cat in the moonlight

1972
New Babylon
53,0cm
x 45,4cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2615

Alternate titles

Cat in the moonlight
1972 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '72, lower right in pencil | Titled Cat in the moonlight, lower right in pencil

Provenance

1972 Constant
1974 Collection Ir J.A. Lucas, NL
2005 Private collection, NL
Tags
Animal
Cat
Moon

Frame dimensions

82,8 x 71,2 x 2,2 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Lente, ca 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Lente

Lente

1949
Cobra
39,5cm
x 29,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Dordrechts Museum, NL longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed

CID

2456

Circa 1949

English title

Spring

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, top right in white paint

Provenance

1949 Constant
Collection Bilderbeek-Lamaison van Heenvliet, NL
1951 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, NL | AB9396 (donation)
2002 Collection Dordrechts Museum, NL
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Fantasy creature
Flower
Moon
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

60,6 x 50,3 x 4 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Kind met bloem en maan, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
ZT/Kind met bloem en maan

ZT/Kind met bloem en maan

1949
Cobra
17,2cm
x 19,9cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, UK

CID

2310

English title

No Title/Child with Flower and Moon

Alternate titles

No title
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, center left in red paint on black|red fond

Provenance

1949 Constant
Collection Aldo and Hannie van Eyck, NL
Private collection, UK
2025 Auction de Zwaan, Amsterdam
Tags
Black
Blue
Brown
Child
Green
Moon
People
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

28,5 x 31,4 x 1,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Hoofd en maan, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Hoofd en maan

Hoofd en maan

1949
Cobra
55,6cm
x 48,6cm
gouache
ink
paper
watercolour
Collection Frans Hals Museum, NL

CID

1400

English title

Head and Moon

Alternate titles

Man en maan
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

Constant
Collection Frans Hals Museum, NL
Tags
Blue
Figures
Moon

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'animal sorcier, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
L'animal sorcier

L'animal sorcier

1949
Cobra
110,0cm
x 84,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Centre Pompidou, FR

CID

282

English title

The Sorcerer Animal

Alternate titles

L'animal sorcier
1949 Archive entry
Das zaubernde Tier
1961
Het toverende dier
1966
De tovenaarsleerling
2008

Signed/dated

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

Provenance

1949 Constant
Collection Centre Pompidou, FR
Tags
Animal
Bird
Fantasy creature
Ladder
Moon
Wheel

Frame dimensions

123,3 x 98,2 x 5,5 cm