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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Oude hond
1980
Late period
37,0cm
x 44,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
2243
Circa 1980
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
De gitaarspeler
1991
Late period
45,0cm
x 30,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection
CID
2242
ca. 1991
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Le torturé [II]
1984
Late period
36,2cm
x 26,4cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection
CID
2236
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Ster (Elvis Presley)
1997
Late period
paper
watercolour
Private collection
CID
2235
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
De berentemster
1986
Late period
42,5cm
x 41,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
2234
Circa 1986
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
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.
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Toneelspeler
1984
Late period
59,7cm
x 44,4cm
crayon
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
1736
Circa 1984
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Baviaan [II]
1984
Late period
31,8cm
x 27,3cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
1735
Circa 1984
Details
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
Exhibitions
Documentation
Work
Archive
Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
La matrone
1981
Late period
59,5cm
x 45,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID
1707
Details
English title
The Matron
Alternate titles
Madame
2015 Christie's catalog
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '81, bottom right in pencil