Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'homme au couteau, 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

L'homme au couteau

1982
Late period
60,0cm
x 45,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Hilary Gerard, London, UK

CID

2292

English title

The Man with the Knife

Alternate titles

De messentrekker | Collection d'art
1982
The Knife Fighter | Constant. Watercolors
1995

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '82, bottom left in white gouache

Provenance

1982 Constant
1982 Collection d'art
1982 Collection Herman Kater, NL
2005 Sotheby's
2005 Collection Hilary Gerard, London, UK
Tags
Agression
Black
Man
Portrait

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Old dog, ca 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Oude hond

1980
Late period
37,0cm
x 44,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2243

Circa 1980

Alternate titles

Old dog
2006

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right from center in pencil

Provenance

Constant
1980 buyer unknown (galerie nouvelles images)
2006 Tom Okker | Jaski Art (Christie's Amsterdam, May 30, 2006 Lot 232)
2008|2010 private collection (Jaski, Pan)
Tags
Animal
Dog
Portrait

Frame dimensions

70,3 x 76,2 x 4 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De gitaarspeler, 1991

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De gitaarspeler

1991
Late period
45,0cm
x 30,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection

CID

2242

ca. 1991

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]
Tags
Guitar
Man
Music
Portrait

Frame dimensions

64,7 x 49,7 x 4,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le torturé, 1984

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le torturé [II]

1984
Late period
36,2cm
x 26,4cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection

CID

2236

English title

The Tortured [II]

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '84, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

Constant
Nico Koster
Willy Hoogland (Jaski Art Gallery)
1999 particuliere collectie (Jaski Art Gallery)
Tags
Nude
People
Portrait
Suffering
War

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Ster (Elvis Presley), 1997

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Ster (Elvis Presley)

1997
Late period
paper
watercolour
Private collection

CID

2235

English title

Star (Elvis Presley)

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '97, borrom right from the centre in pencil
Tags
Man
Music
People
Portrait
Singing
Star

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De berentemster, ca 1986

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De berentemster

1986
Late period
42,5cm
x 41,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2234

Circa 1986

English title

The Bear Tamer

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in black watercolor

Provenance

1986 Constant
Tags
Animal
Bear
Black
Brown
People
Pink
Portrait
Purple
Red
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Portret van Matie II, 1946

Photographer

Unknown

Portret van Matie [II]

1946
Early period
78,0cm
x 53,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection unknown

CID

2110

After the Second World War, Constant starts to experiment with a cubist painting style. Of the two founders of cubism, Picasso and Braque, Constant feels more akin with the latter. It is often said that the cubist work of Braque maintains a sense of balance and harmony while Picasso strived for disruption in his art. Constant’s ‘Portret van Matie’ is indeed a fine example from Constant's body of work of a balanced harmony of shapes, as seen in Braque's cubism. For another example, see Stilleven [II], 1945.

English title

Portrait of Matie [II]

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in brown paint on black fond

Provenance

1946 Constant
Collection Nico Schuyt, Amsterdam
1989 Collection unknown (Christie's Amsterdam)
Tags
Family
Love
Mother
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Toneelspeler, ca 1982

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Toneelspeler

1984
Late period
59,7cm
x 44,4cm
crayon
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

1736

Circa 1984

English title

Stage Actor

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in black

Provenance

Constant
1984 Private collection, NL (Collection d'Art)
Tags
Acting
Art
Man
People
Portrait

Frame dimensions

82,5 x 66,5 x 2,6 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Baviaan II, ca 1984

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Baviaan [II]

1984
Late period
31,8cm
x 27,3cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

1735

Circa 1984

English title

Baboon II

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in red pen

Provenance

Constant
1985 Private collection, NL (Collection d'Art)
Tags
Animal
Baboon
Green
Monkey
Portrait

Frame dimensions

47,8 x 43,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-La matrone, 1981

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La matrone

1981
Late period
59,5cm
x 45,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

1707

English title

The Matron

Alternate titles

Madame
2015 Christie's catalog

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '81, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1981 Constant
1983 Unknow collector, Swiss (Gallery van de Loo)
2015 Private Collection, NL (Christie's Amsterdam)
Tags
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

79,9 x 64 x 2,5 cm