Prometheus stole fire from the Gods on the Olympus and gave it to the humans. He was punished for his hubris. Zeus chained him to a rock where an eagle (emblem of Zeus) came and picked out his liver. Every day the liver grew back and the torture would repeat.
Details
Alternate titles
Prométhée
2000
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom right in sanguine paint on brown fond
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Eagle
Man
Myth
People
Pink
Red
Suffering
Frame dimensions
150,7 x 112 x 6 cm
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Leda
1993
Late period
110,0cm
x 105,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
19
Constant wanted to create a painting of Leda and the swan that differed from the paintings of his predecessors Delacroix and Cézanne, more sensuous and erotic.
Details
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '93, bottom left in ocher yellow on yellow fond
