Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Het gevecht, ca 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Het gevecht

1975
Late period
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

3175

    English title

    The Fight

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated Constant '75, bottom left in red watercolor on orange fond

    Provenance

    1975 Constant
    1990 Collection unknown (Sotheby's Amsterdam)
    Tags
    People
    Violence
    Woman

    Frame dimensions

    No

    Image

    Constant Nieuwenhuys-Spelende kinderen, 1970

    Photographer

    Unknown

    Spelende kinderen

    1970
    New Babylon
    66,0cm
    x 80,0cm
    gouache
    paper
    pencil
    watercolour
    Collection unknown

    CID

    3142

      English title

      Playing Children

      Alternate titles

      Playground
      1988
      Spelende kinderen
      1970 Archive entry

      Signed/dated

      Signed and dated Constant '70, bottom left in brown pencil on yellow line

      Provenance

      1970 Constant
      1974-1978 Collection Fanny Kelk, NL (gift)
      1978 inherit from Fanny Kelk
      1988 Collection unknown (Christie's Amsterdam)
      Tags
      Child
      People
      Play

      Frame dimensions

      No

      Image

      Constant Nieuwenhuys-Kinderkopje, 1949

      Photographer

      Tom Haartsen

      Kinderkopje

      1949
      Cobra
      70,3cm
      x 60,0cm
      linen
      oil paint
      Collection The Phoebus Foundation

      CID

      3141

        English title

        Child's Head

        Alternate titles

        Kinderkopje
        1949 Archive entry

        Signed/dated

        Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom left in black paint

        Provenance

        Constant
        Collection Hans Sonnenberg, NL
        Collection Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, Den Haag (Nova Spectra)
        +- 1975 Collection unknown (Nova Spectra)
        1978 Collection unknown (Galerie Delta)
        2019 Collection The Phoebus Foundation (Christie's Amsterdam)
        Tags
        Black
        Blue
        Child
        People
        Red
        White
        Yellow

        Frame dimensions

        83 x 72,5 x 4,3 cm

        Image

        Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le soldat, 1994

        Photographer

        Tom Haartsen

        Le soldat

        1994
        Late period
        57,0cm
        x 42,0cm
        paper
        watercolour
        Collection unknown

        CID

        3103

          English title

          The Soldier

          Signed/dated

          Signed and dated Constant '94, bottom right in pencil

          Provenance

          1994 Constant
          Collection unknown
          2009 Collection unknown (Christie's, Amsterdam)
          Tags
          Man
          People
          Portrait
          War

          Frame dimensions

          No

          Image

          Constant Nieuwenhuys-Straatmuzikanten, 1988

          Photographer

          Tom Haartsen

          Straatmuzikanten

          1988
          Late period
          gouache
          paper
          pastel
          watercolour
          Collection unknown

          CID

          3038

            English title

            Street Musicians

            Signed/dated

            Signed and dated Constant ‘88, bottom right in black pencil
            Tags
            Art
            Guitar
            Music
            People

            Frame dimensions

            No

            Image

            Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le Jacobin, 1987

            Photographer

            Tom Haartsen

            Le Jacobin

            1987
            Late period
            41,0cm
            x 35,0cm
            paper
            watercolour
            Collection unknown

            CID

            3037

            Circa 1987.

            The Society of the Friends of the Constitution (French: Société des amis de la Constitution), renamed the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality (Société des Jacobins, amis de la liberté et de l'égalité) after 1792 and commonly known as the Jacobin Club (Club des Jacobins) or simply the Jacobins (/ˈdʒækəbɪn/; French: [ʒakɔbɛ̃]), was the most influential political club during the French Revolution of 1789. The period of its political ascendancy includes the Reign of Terror, during which well over 10,000 people were put on trial and executed in France, many for political crimes. [Source: Wikipedia]

              English title

              The Jacobin

              Alternate titles

              Sehnsucht
              1991

              Signed/dated

              Signed Constant, bottom left in red watercolor on beige fond

              Provenance

              1987 Constant
              Collection unknown
              Tags
              People
              Portrait

              Frame dimensions

              No

              Image

              Constant Nieuwenhuys-De brand I | sepia, 1987

              Photographer

              Tom Haartsen

              De brand [I] | sepia

              1987
              Late period
              19,6cm
              x 20,7cm
              aquatint
              etching
              Collection Fondation Constant, NL

              CID

              3032

              Edition: 25

                English title

                Fire [I] | sepia

                Alternate titles

                L'incendie
                2000
                Tags
                Disaster
                People
                Woman

                Frame dimensions

                No

                Image

                Constant Nieuwenhuys-Incest kind, 1987

                Photographer

                Tom Haartsen

                Incest kind

                1987
                Late period
                37,5cm
                x 20,5cm
                paper
                watercolour
                Collection unknown

                CID

                3028

                  English title

                  Incest Child

                  Signed/dated

                  Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom right in pencil

                  Provenance

                  1987 Constant
                  1993 Collection Richard and Trees Gielen
                  2014 ca Collection unknown
                  Tags
                  Child
                  Human cruelty
                  People
                  Portrait

                  Frame dimensions

                  No

                  Image

                  Constant Nieuwenhuys-Hondendressuur, 1987

                  Photographer

                  Tom Haartsen

                  Hondendressuur

                  1987
                  Late period
                  39,5cm
                  x 55,0cm
                  paper
                  pencil
                  watercolour
                  Collection Rita en Viktor Mässer, Germany

                  CID

                  3027

                    English title

                    Dog Dressage

                    Signed/dated

                    Signed and dated Constant '87, bottom left in black pencil

                    Provenance

                    1987 Constant
                    1988 Collection d'Art
                    1988 Collection Rita en Viktor Mässer, Germany
                    Tags
                    Animal
                    Black
                    Dog
                    Green
                    Man
                    People
                    Purple
                    Red
                    Yellow

                    Frame dimensions

                    No

                    Image

                    Constant Nieuwenhuys-Europa I, ca 1988

                    Photographer

                    Tom Haartsen

                    Europa [I]

                    1988
                    Late period
                    55,0cm
                    x 36,0cm
                    gouache
                    paper
                    watercolour
                    Collection Cora and Hans de Vries, NL

                    CID

                    3026

                    Circa 1988

                      Signed/dated

                      Signed and titled Constant Europa, top left in sepia pencil

                      Provenance

                      Constant
                      Collection Cora and Hans de Vries, NL
                      2010 Hans de Vries (na overlijden Cora de Vries)
                      Tags
                      Animal
                      Bull
                      Erotica
                      Myth
                      People
                      Woman

                      Frame dimensions

                      unknown