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-La nourrice, 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La nourrice

1982
Late period
80,5cm
x 60,5cm
color lithograph
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

910

Edition: 25

English title

Nurse

Alternate titles

Madonna
?
Tags
Child
Mother
People
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ziek kind, 1992

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Het zieke kind

1992
Late period
17,7cm
x 12,7cm
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

760

Edition: 10

English title

Ill Child
Tags
Child
Family
Mother
People
Woman

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Femme et enfant, 1997

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Femme et enfant

1997
Late period
56,0cm
x 41,8cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

504

One of Constant's personal favourites.

English title

Woman and Child

Signed/dated

Signed and dated - Constant '97 - vertically bottom left in black crayon
Tags
Brown
Child
Family
Mother
People
Red
Woman

Frame dimensions

81 x 66 x 3 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Medea, 2000

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Medea [II]

2000
Late period
53,6cm
x 33,5cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

445

The numbering is for practical reasons to distinguish between different works with the same title.

Signed/dated

Titled "MEDEA", bottom left in black gouache. Signed and dated Constant '00, bottom right in black ink on blue fond
Tags
Child
Literature
Mother
Murder
Myth
Woman

Frame dimensions

76,8 x 56,5 x 3 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Piëta, 1936

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Pietà [I]

1936
Early period
69,5cm
x 69,0cm
crayon
paper
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

226

English title

Pietà

Alternate titles

Pietà
1936 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed Constant Nieuwenhuys, bottom center in black pencil

Provenance

1936 Constant
2005 Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst, NL
Tags
Black
Death
Jesus
Mother
Myth
People
Portrait
Religion

Frame dimensions

79 x 79 x 3,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-La nourrice, 1981

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La nourrice

1981
Late period
86,0cm
x 61,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

195

One of Constant’s personal favourites.

English title

The Nurse

Alternate titles

Mutter mit Kind
1985 Constant | Arbeiten auf Papier 1948-1985
Moeder en kind
1995
La nourrice I
2000

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in brown watercolor
Tags
Child
Mother
People
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

103,2 x 77,4 x 5,2 cm
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