PLAISIR ET TRISTESSE DE L'AMOUR: 3. Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour
1979
Late period
46,7cm
x 37,3cm
aquatint
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
679
5 color etchings with text by Fanny Kelk. Edition: 10 copies (numbered I-X) & 99 copies (numbered 1-99).
These etchings have been made after a series of five paintings on the same theme done between 1975-78.
Size paper: 71 x 59,5 cm
Details
English title
PLEASURE AND SADNESS OF LOVE: 3. Pleasure and Sadness of Love
Tags
Animal
Brown
Dog
Green
Guitar
Man
Nude
Orange
People
Pink
Poetry
Red
Woman
Frame dimensions
nee
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Tom Haartsen
ZT/Liefdespaar
1977
Late period
101,5cm
x 72,5cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
516
Details
English title
Love Couple
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '77, center right in bruine inkt op sanguine fond
Provenance
1977 Constant
2005 nalatenschap Constant
2011 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Love
Man
Nude
People
Pink
Sepia
Sex
Woman
Frame dimensions
No
Exhibitions
Documentation
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Photographer
Tom Haartsen
La baigneuse
1995
Late period
56,5cm
x 42,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
502
Details
English title
The Bather
Alternate titles
Baadster | List Constant
1996
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant ’95, bottom left in black ink on sanguine fond
Provenance
1995 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Black
Nude
People
Sepia
Woman
Yellow
Frame dimensions
79,5 x 65 x 3 cm
Exhibitions
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Tom Haartsen
ZT/Naakte rug
1991
Late period
30,1cm
x 22,4cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
447
Details
English title
Naked Back
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
Provenance
1991 Constant
1998 Gift Constant to Trudy
2021 Private collection
Tags
Black
Nude
Pink
Frame dimensions
55,3 x 47,3 x 3,2 cm
Exhibitions
Documentation
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Tom Haartsen
Les belles fesses
1985
Late period
29,0cm
x 37,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
446
In 1985, Trudy van der Horst bought this watercolour at an art fair in the RAI in Amsterdam. She had always admired Constant for his watercolours. The purchase led Trudy to a personal meeting with the artist a little while later, which eventually resulted in Constant's fourth and final marriage.
Details
English title
Beautiful Buttocks
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in sanguine pencil
Provenance
1985 Constant
1986 Private collection, NL
2012 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Black
Brown
Nude
People
Red
White
Frame dimensions
No
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
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Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
ZT/Naakte vrouw in seiza houding
1995
Late period
24,4cm
x 18,8cm
ink
paper
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
239
Circa 1995. While working on the drawing for the publication Dwaaltuin with poems by Jean Clarence Constant produces several erotic tinted drawings.
Details
English title
Untitled/Naked Woman in seiza pose
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
Provenance
Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2012 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
Tags
Nude
Woman
Frame dimensions
nee
Exhibitions
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Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Étude pour l'interrogatoire
1983
Late period
87,0cm
x 61,5cm
crayon
paper
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID
225
Details
English title
Study for l'Interrogatoire
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '83, bottom right in sanguine pencil
Tags
Nude
Portrait
Suffering
War
Frame dimensions
90 x 64,5 x 1 cm
Exhibitions
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Tom Haartsen
La belle noiseuse [I]
1987
Late period
52,0cm
x 73,0cm
paper
watercolour
EAM Collection, Germany
CID
217
Circa 1987
Details
English title
The Beautiful Troublemaker [I]
Signed/dated
Signed Constant, top right in white crayon. Titled "La belle noiseuse", bottom left in blue crayon
Provenance
1990 Constant
1990 Cora de Vries, Collection d'Art, NL
2005 Private collector, NL (Christie's Amsterdam)
2022 EAM Collection, Berlin (Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen)
Tags
Literature
Nude
Woman
Frame dimensions
81,0 x 102,6 x 4,2 cm
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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
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
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Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour
1976
Late period
237,0cm
x 187,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID
33
Details
English title
Pleasure and Sadness of Love
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '76, bottom right in black paint