Constant Nieuwenhuys-J'ai vu les ours blancs, 1948

Photographer

Unknown
J'ai vu les ours blancs

J'ai vu les ours blancs

1948
Cobra
144,3cm
x 109,6cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, DK

CID

275

English title

I've Seen the White Bears

Alternate titles

J'ai vu les ours blancs
1948 Archive entry
IJsberen (J'ai vu les ours blancs)
1948 Archive entry
J'ai visité les ours blancs
1997 catalog COBRA. Co penhagen BR ussels A msterdam

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom left in black paint. Titled J'ai vu les ours blancs blancs, bottom left in black paint

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection K. Kerstensen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collection Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, DK
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Bear
Black
Fantasy creature
Pink
Red
White

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Jongen met hond, 1990 ca

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
ZT/Jongen met hond

ZT/Jongen met hond

1990
Late period
23,6cm
x 22,2cm
ink
paper
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

240

Circa 1990.
Printed in Hollands Maandblad 1999 - 8/9, p. 55.

English title

Boy with Dog

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
Tags
Animal
Black
Boy
Child
Dog
Portrait
White

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Man met hond, 1990 ca

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
ZT/Man met hond

ZT/Man met hond

1990
Late period
23,7cm
x 22,0cm
ink
paper
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

234

Circa 1990.
Printed in Hollands Maandblad 1999 - 8/9, p. 49

English title

Man with Dog

Signed/dated

Signed Comstant, bottom right in pencil
Tags
Animal
Black
Dog
Man
People
Portrait
White

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Eenzaamheid, 1999

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Eenzaamheid

Eenzaamheid

1999
Late period
52,0cm
x 42,5cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

214

English title

Solitude

Alternate titles

Eenzaamheid
2000 Constant | Gallery Delaive

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '99, bottom left from center in ink

Provenance

1999 Constant
2005 Collection Fondation Constant
Tags
Black
People
White

Frame dimensions

78 x 68 x 2,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Peintre devant son tableau, 1979

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Le peintre devant son tableau

Le peintre devant son tableau

1979
Late period
80,0cm
x 83,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

189

English title

Painter in Front of His Painting

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in grey paint on the white sleeve
Tags
Art
Black
Brown
Green
Painter
Pink
Red
Sepia
Studio
White

Frame dimensions

94 x 91 x 4 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De bekering van Venus, 1979

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
De bekering van Venus

De bekering van Venus

1977
Late period
150,0cm
x 190,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection K. van Stuijvenberg on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

177



 

English title

The Conversion of Venus

Alternate titles

La conversion de Vénus
1992

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '77 bottom right in white on white fond of the dress
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Erotica
Guitar
Man
Music
Myth
Nude
People
Pig
Pink
Red
White
Woman
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Vrouw en hond, 1992

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Vrouw en hond [II]

Vrouw en hond [II]

1992
Late period
24,2cm
x 19,3cm
etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

175

Edition: 20

English title

Woman and Dog [II]
Tags
Animal
Black
Dog
Nude
People
White
Woman

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Composition in black and white, 1953

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Compositie in zwart en wit

Compositie in zwart en wit

1953
Towards a synthesis of art
75,2cm
x 62,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

169

English title

Composition in Black and White

Alternate titles

Compositie in zwart en wit
1953 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '53 bottom right, in pencil

Provenance

1953 Constant
2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
Tags
Abstract
Black
White

Frame dimensions

78 x 64,6 x 4,0 cm
Comstant Nieuwenhuys-Paysage Lunaire, 1956

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Maanlandschap [II]

Maanlandschap [II]

1956
New Babylon
118,8cm
x 98,9cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Rabo Kunstcollectie, NL

CID

105

English title

Lunar Landscape

Alternate titles

Maanlandschap
1956 Archive entry
Phantastische Landschaft
1961
Paysage lunaire
2001

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom left in green paint

Provenance

1956 Constant
Collection Rabo Kunstcollectie, NL
Tags
Black
Blue
Landscape
Red
Space
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Homo Ludens, 1964

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Homo ludens

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 on black fond. Titled Homo Ludens, bottom right in orange paint on white fond

Provenance

Constant
P. Nieuwehuys-Kerkhoven
1983 Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL [aankoop P. Nieuwenhuys-Kerkhoven]
Tags
Black
Green
Man
Orange
People
Plant
Purple
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

161,5 x 186,5 x 3,3 cm