Constant Nieuwenhuys-Boot met vliegende figuur, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Boot met vliegende figuur

Boot met vliegende figuur

1949
Cobra
45,0cm
x 54,1cm
chalk
gouache
graphite
ink
paper
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL

CID

1279

English title

Boat with Flying Figure

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, center left of center, in pencil
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Blue
Boat
Fantasy creature
Green
People
Red
Travel
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Vrouw met beest, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Vrouw met beest

Vrouw met beest

1949
Cobra
50,9cm
x 48,5cm
crayon
gouache
graphite
paper
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL

CID

1278

English title

Woman with Animal

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, top right black pencil
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Grey
People
Red
White
Woman

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Vogel, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Vogel [I]

Vogel [I]

1949
Cobra
28,0cm
x 32,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL

CID

1269

English title

Bird

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, top left in grey paint

Provenance

Constant
1950 ca Collection Langaa Jensen, Denmark
1988 Hans Sonnenberg [Auktion Kunsthallen Copenhagen, 1988]
2012 Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL (Donation Hans Sonnenberg)
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Orange
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

48,2 x 61,4 x 3,4 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes, 1953-2

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes, 1953-1
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes, 1953-3
Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes

Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes

1953
Towards a synthesis of art
60,0cm
x 59,8cm
x 4,0cm
paint
wood
Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL

CID

1257

English title

Composition with Blue and White Cubes

Alternate titles

Compositie met blauwe en witte blokjes
1953 Archive entry
Composition with Blue and White Blocks
2001
Reliëf
1981 sculptuur

Provenance

1953 Constant
1965 Collection Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, NL
Tags
Abstract
Blue
White

Frame dimensions

78 x 78 x 4,0 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Femme-oiseau, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Femme-oiseau

Femme-oiseau

1949
Cobra
120,0cm
x 65,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Long term loan from Collection Fondation Gandur pour l'Art

CID

1238

English title

Bird Lady

Alternate titles

Femme-oiseau
1949
Vogelvrouw
1949 Archive entry
Bird-woman
1966
Donna uccello
1966
L'oiseau devenu femme
2002 Hummelink

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom left in pinkish orange paint

Provenance

1949 Constant
Collection Eva Nieuwenhuys, NL (gift)
2011 Collection Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Geneva, Switzerland (Sotheby's Paris, sold for 432,750.00 EUR)
Tags
Animal
Bird
Brown
Fantasy creature
Orange
People
Red
White
Woman

Frame dimensions

124 x 68,4 x 3,4 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Satyr, 1948

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Satyr

Satyr

1948
Cobra
90,0cm
x 55,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museum Jorn, DK

CID

1237

Alternate titles

Satyr
1948 Archive entry
Satyre
2001

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in red oil paint

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection Elise Johansen, Copenhagen, Danmark
Collection Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, DK
Tags
Black
Brown
Fantasy creature
Myth
White

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gevallen paard, 1950

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Gevallen paard

Gevallen paard

1950
Cobra
111,5cm
x 110,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL

CID

1236

English title

Fallen Horse

Alternate titles

Gevallen paard
1950 Archive entry
Cheval tombé
1986

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '50, top left in black paint

Provenance

1950 Constant
Collection Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Brown
Fallen
Horse
Red
White

Frame dimensions

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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Man met hond, 2000

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Man met hond [II]

Man met hond [II]

2000
Late period
56,3cm
x 41,8cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

1230

Signed and dated Constant 2000, bottom right.

English title

Man with Dog

Alternate titles

Man met hond
2000 Constant | Gallery Delaive
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Dog
Man
People
Red
White

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Schaduw, 1947

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Schaduw

Schaduw

1947
Early period
73,8cm
x 86,8cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL

CID

1174

English title

Shadow

Alternate titles

Schaduw (L'ombre)
1947 Archive entry
Schatten
1961
L'ombre
1992

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '47, bottom center in black paint

Provenance

1947 Constant
1966 Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Tags
Black
Fantasy creature
White

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Het proces 25, 1978

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Het proces 25

Het proces 25

1978
Late period
ink
paper
Private collection, NL

CID

1168

A unique album of 12 original sketches & texts by Constant and 13 photo's of the painting The Trial by Victor E. Nieuwenhuys bound together by Boekbinderij van de Woestijne in Middelburg. In his texts Constant uses quotes from Baudelaire.

The Trial was painted between March 1st and September 1st 1978, oil on linnen, 185 x 275 cm.

English title

The Trial 25

Provenance

1978 Constant
Private collection, NL
Tags
Black
Justice
Man
People
White

Frame dimensions

No