Constant Nieuwenhuys-De bekering van Venus, 1979

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De bekering van Venus

1977
Late period
150,0cm
x 190,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection K. van Stuijvenberg on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

177

 

English title

The Conversion of Venus

Alternate titles

La conversion de Vénus
1992

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '79 bottom right in white on white fond of the dress
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Erotica
Guitar
Man
Music
Myth
Nude
People
Pig
Pink
Red
White
Woman
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leda, 1994

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Leda

1994
Late period
20,7cm
x 19,8cm
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

153

Edition: 20

Tags
Agression
Animal
Erotica
Myth
Swan
Woman

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Prometheus, 1989

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Prometheus

1989
Late period
135,0cm
x 96,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

39

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.

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
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leda, 1993

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.

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '93, bottom left in ocher yellow on yellow fond

Provenance

1993 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant
Tags
Agression
Animal
Erotica
Myth
Swan
Woman

Frame dimensions

No