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
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No
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Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Erlkönig [II]
1990
Late period
45,0cm
x 32,5cm
paper
washed ink
Collection Jaski Gallery, NL
CID
2336
The Elf King king is a ballad written by the German poet, Goethe, in 1782. Put to music by Schubert in 1815. It tells the sad tale of a father riding home with his son in his arms (presumably the boy is ill). The boy sees feverish images of the Elven king, imagery of death, who tries to lure him to the 'other side'. The boy frantically cries out to his father for help. The Elven king is relentless and threatens to take the boy by force. When the father reaches his destination the boy has passed away. Constant also made an etch of the Erlkönig.
Details
English title
Erlking [II]
Signed/dated
Titled, signed and dated "Erlkönig", bottom left in black pencil and Constant '90, bottom right in black pencil.
Tags
Child
Death
Family
Father
Music
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No
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Tom Haartsen
Winterreise
1989
Late period
0,0cm
x 0,0cm
ink
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown
CID
2330
Inspired by Schubert's Winterreise.
Details
English title
Winter Journey
Signed/dated
Signed, dated Constant '89, bottom right in pencil. Titled Winterreise, bottom left in pencil
Tags
Art
Landscape
Music
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No
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Tom Haartsen
Die Winterreise [II]
1989
Late period
33,5cm
x 37,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
2329
Circa 1989 Inspired by Schubert's Winterreise.
Details
English title
Winter Journey {II]
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil. Titled Die Winterreise, bottom left in pencil
Tags
Landscape
Music
Frame dimensions
No
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Tom Haartsen
Die Winterreise [I]
1989
Late period
42,0cm
x 47,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
2328
Circa 1989. Inspired by Schubert's Winterreise.
Details
English title
Winter Journey [I]
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
Tags
Landscape
Man
Music
Frame dimensions
No
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Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Der Wegweiser
1989
Late period
39,5cm
x 33,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown
CID
2327
"Der Wegweiser" is song 20 of the 24 songs from Winterreise by Franz Schubert. It's a tribute to the poet Wilhelm Müller on whose poems Winterreise is based. At the bottom of the watercolor Constant has written in pencil "Krähe lass mich endlich sehn Treue biss zum Grabe" which is actually a line from song 15, Die Krähe while in the picture Constant obviously depicts Der Wegweiser.
Details
English title
The Crow
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom right in pencil
Provenance
Constant
1991 Collection unknown (Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg)
Tags
Man
Music
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No
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Tom Haartsen
Gitaarspeler [I]
1984
Late period
41,2cm
x 29,1cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
2320
Circa 1984
Details
English title
Guitar Player [I]
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
Provenance
1984 Constant
Tags
Art
Beige
Black
Guitar
Music
People
Portrait
White
Frame dimensions
No
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Tom Haartsen
Orpheus [I]
1981
Late period
100,0cm
x 105,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID
2316
Details
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '81, bottom left in black paint on black green fond
Provenance
1981 Constant
Collection Richard and Trees Gielen
Private Collection, Nl & Mayor Gallery, UK
Tags
Animal
Bird
Cat
Guitar
Lion
Music
Myth
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No
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Tom Haartsen
De Mandolinespeler
1995
Late period
105,0cm
x 110,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection
CID
2298
Details
English title
The Mandolin Player
Alternate titles
Le joueur de mandoline
?
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '95, center right in black paint on red fond
Tags
Guitar
Man
Music
Frame dimensions
No
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Work
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Photographer
Tom Haartsen
De gitaarspeler
1991
Late period
45,0cm
x 30,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection
CID
2242
ca. 1991
Details
English title
Guitarist
Signed/dated
Signed "Constant", bottom right in black pencil on yellow grey fond
Provenance
Constant
1991 Co Melkert [gift from Constant to his friend]
2007 Tom Okker Art [Auction Christie's June 05], provider legacy Co Melkert
2012-2014 private collection [Tom Okker Art, Pan Amsterdam]