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-Homo Ludens, 1964

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Homo ludens

1964
New Babylon
158,8cm
x 183,9cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL

CID

37

After reading Johan Huizinga's book Homo Ludens (Man at Play) of Johan Huizinga Constant develops his ideas for New Babylon the futuristic city for the creative man at play.

English title

Playing Man

Alternate titles

Homo ludens
1964 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Dated and signed '64 Constant, bottom left from center in green paint. Titled Homo Ludens, bottom right in orange paint

Provenance

1964 Constant
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
Tags
Black
Green
Man
Orange
People
Plant
Purple
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

Unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Plaisir et Tristesse de l'amour, 1976

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

English title

Pleasure and Sadness of Love

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '76, bottom right in black paint
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Dog
Green
Grey
Guitar
Man
Nude
People
Pink
Poetry
Red
Woman

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Terrain Vague I, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Terrain vague [I]

1972
New Babylon
120,0cm
x 130,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection ProWinko, NL

CID

29

Number one in a series of three

English title

Wasteland [I]

Alternate titles

Terrain vague
1972 Archive entry
Verwoeste stad
.

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '72, bottom right in black paint on red fond

Provenance

1972 Constant
1974 Collection Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paris
1980 ca Collection Cees Hendrikse, Groningen (Daniel Gervis)
2006 Collection Lases, NL
2007 Collection ProWinko, NL
Tags
Cityscape
Futuristic
Ladder
Landscape
Red
Wheel

Frame dimensions

130,2 x 140,2 x 6 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Souvenir de Sousse, 1975

Photographer

Unknown

Souvenir de Sousse

1975
Late period
100,0cm
x 105,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection

CID

28

English title

A Memory of Sousse

Signed/dated

Signed, dated and titled Constant '75 Souvenir de Sousse, bottom center black paint
Tags
Animal
Brown
Dog
Labyrinth
Orange
People
Red
Sepia
Travel
White

Frame dimensions

unknown