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
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'insurrection [I], 1985

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
1985 L'insurection [I]
1985 L'insurection [II]
1985 L'insurection [III]
1985 L'insurection [IV]
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Insurrection II, 1985

L'insurrection [I]

1985
Late period
41,5cm
x 56,5cm
lavis
washed ink
Private collection, NL

CID

3017

English title

Uprising [I]

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '85, bottom left in black pencil on brown fond

Provenance

1985 Constant
Galerie Collection d'Art
Private collection, NL
Tags
Black
Brown
People
Rebellion
Sepia
Violence

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayant 2-Brisant bommen, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayant-couverture, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayant-dedicace, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayant 1, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayant 3, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayant 4, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayant 5, 1951

L'imagination effrayante 2-Brisant bommen

1951
Cobra
31,0cm
x 38,5cm
crayon
gouache
paper
Private collection, UK

CID

1503

Portfolio of 5 drawings.

English title

Scary Fantasy 2-High Explosive Bombs

Alternate titles

De schrikaanjagende verbeeldingskracht
1966
Brisant bommen
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1951 Constant
1951 Collection Aldo en Hannie van Eyck, NL
1999 Private collection, UK
Tags
Black
Blue
Disaster
Fear
Figures
Fist
Hand
People
Violence
War
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 1, 1951

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-couverture, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante-dedicace, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 2, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 3, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 4, 1951
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Imagination effrayante 5, 1951

L'imagination effrayante 1

1951
Cobra
31,0cm
x 38,5cm
crayon
gouache
paper
Private collection, UK

CID

1502

Portfolio with 5 drawings

English title

Scary Fantasy 1

Alternate titles

De schrikaanjagende verbeeldingskracht
1966
Zonder titel
1951 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '51, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1951 Constant
1951 Collection Aldo en Hannie van Eyck, NL
1999 Private collection, UK
Tags
Black
Blue
Disaster
Fear
People
Violence
War
White

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'insurrection IV, 1985

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
1985 L'insurection [I]
1985 L'insurection [II]
1985 L'insurection [III]
1985 L'insurection [IV]
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Insurrection II, 1985

L'insurrection [IV]

1985
Late period
41,5cm
x 56,5cm
watercolour
Collection JASKI, NL

CID

1410

English title

The Revolt [IV]

Alternate titles

De opstand
1993

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '85, bottom left in sanguine pencil
Tags
Brown
Grey
People
Rebellion
Sepia
Violence

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le Viol, 1974

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le Viol

1974
Late period
68,7cm
x 88,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

1104

Le Viol was inspired by the news of the first kidnapping case in the Netherlands in which the kidnapper asked for ransom. The five year old Caroline Pessers from Waalre had been taken by a 19 year old metal worker from Eindhoven. He had demanded 100.000 GLD for her return. The perpetrator later admitted he had strangled Caroline to death in a panick in a old barn in Vessum ten kilometer from her home. The police dug up her body 100 meters from the barn.

English title

The Rape

Alternate titles

De verkrachting
2008

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '74, center right in red paint

Provenance

1974 Constant
1974 Collection Fanny Kelk
1978 Private collection, NL
Tags
Man
Sex
Violence
Woman

Frame dimensions

81,5 x 101,3 x 4,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'otage, 1992

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

l'Otage

1992
Late period
99,0cm
x 80,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection

CID

24

Although the theme of this painting is similar to paintings by Manet (L'exécution de l'Empéreur) and Goya (The third of May 1808), Constant has changed the composition so that the audience faces the executioners.

English title

The Hostage

Alternate titles

Fusillade
1995
De gijzelaar
1992

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '92, center left on the back of the man in brown paint on brown fond
Tags
Human cruelty
Man
People
Violence
War

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'Insurrection II, 1985

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

L'insurrection [II]

1985
Late period
148,0cm
x 198,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant longterm loan to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

14

Inspired by the Paris Commune in 1871

English title

The Revolt

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant ' 85, bottom right in purple paint

Provenance

1985 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
2008 Long term loan to Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2023 Long term loan to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
Tags
Cityscape
People
Rebellion
Violence
War

Frame dimensions

167 x 216 x 6,5 cm