Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-De berentemster, ca 1986

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
De berentemster

De berentemster

1986
45,7cm
x 44,4cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2234

Circa 1986

    English title

    The Bear Tamer

    Signed/dated

    Signed Constant, bottom left in black watercolor on brown red fond

    Provenance

    Constant
    1987 Galerie Nouvelles Images (consignatie voor tentoonstelling)
    2004 private collection, NL (Galerie Nouvelles Images)
    2025 AAG auction
    Tags
    Animal
    Bear
    Black
    Brown
    People
    Pink
    Portrait
    Purple
    Red
    Woman

    Frame dimensions

    71,4 x 66,5 x 3 cm

    Image

    1946 Portret van Matie [II]

    Photographer

    Tom Haartsen
    Portret van Matie [II]

    Portret van Matie [II]

    1946
    78,0cm
    x 53,0cm
    linen
    oil paint
    Collection Elisabeth den Bieman de Haas, NL

    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.

      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 Elisabeth den Bieman de Haas (Christie's Amsterdam)
      Tags
      Family
      Love
      Mother
      Portrait
      Woman

      Frame dimensions

      94,6 x 69,0 x 5,0 cm

      Image

      Constant Nieuwenhuys-Moeder en kind II, 1951

      Photographer

      Tom Haartsen
      Moeder en kind [II]

      Moeder en kind [II]

      1951
      36,0cm
      x 45,2cm
      crayon
      paper
      Collection Teylers Museum, Haarlem, NL

      CID

      2086

        English title

        Mother and Child [II]

        Alternate titles

        De oorlog
        2006 Picasso, Klee en Miró

        Signed/dated

        Signed and dated Constant '51, top right in pencil
        Tags
        Child
        Family
        Mother
        People
        Woman

        Frame dimensions

        No

        Image

        Constant Nieuwenhuys-Heksensabbat, ca 1979

        Photographer

        Tom Haartsen
        Heksensabbat

        Heksensabbat

        1979
        43,0cm
        x 58,4cm
        crayon
        paper
        watercolour
        Private collection, NL

        CID

        1738

        Circa 1979

          English title

          Witches' Sabbath

          Alternate titles

          Les sorcières
          1979 Archive Entry

          Signed/dated

          Signed Constant, bottom right in black pencil

          Provenance

          1979 Constant
          1984 Private collection, NL (Adèle van Rijckevorsel)
          Tags
          Culture
          People
          Pink
          Woman

          Frame dimensions

          69 x 84 x 4,3 cm

          Image

          Constant Nieuwenhuys-La matrone, 1981

          Photographer

          Tom Haartsen
          La matrone

          La matrone

          1981
          59,5cm
          x 45,0cm
          paper
          watercolour
          Private collection, NL

          CID

          1707

            English title

            The Matron

            Alternate titles

            Madame
            2015 Christie's catalog
            La matrone
            1981 Archive Entry

            Signed/dated

            Signed and dated Constant '81, bottom right in pencil

            Provenance

            1981 Constant
            1983 Unknow collector, Swiss (Gallery van de Loo)
            2015 Private Collection, NL (Christie's Amsterdam)
            Tags
            Portrait
            Woman

            Frame dimensions

            79,9 x 64 x 2,5 cm

            Image

            Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Couple, ca 1990

            Photographer

            Tom Haartsen
            ZT/Couple

            ZT/Couple

            1990
            23,6cm
            x 22,0cm
            ink
            paper
            Collection Fondation Constant, NL

            CID

            1636

            Circa 1990.
            Printed in Hollands Maandblad 1999 - 8/9, p. 15

              English title

              No Title/Couple

              Signed/dated

              Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
              Tags
              Man
              People
              Portrait
              Woman

              Frame dimensions

              nee

              Image

              Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Vrouwenhoofd II, ca 1999

              Photographer

              Tom Haartsen
              ZT/Vrouwenhoofd [II]

              ZT/Vrouwenhoofd [II]

              1990
              21,5cm
              x 23,6cm
              ink
              paper
              Collection Fondation Constant, NL

              CID

              1635

              Circa 1990.
              Printed in Hollands Maandblad 1999 - 8/9, p. 47

                English title

                No Title/Head of Woman [II]

                Signed/dated

                Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
                Tags
                People
                Portrait
                Woman

                Frame dimensions

                nee

                Image

                Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Vrouwenhoofd, ca 1990

                Photographer

                Tom Haartsen
                ZT/Vrouwenhoofd

                ZT/Vrouwenhoofd

                1990
                23,6cm
                x 22,0cm
                ink
                paper
                Collection Fondation Constant, NL

                CID

                1634

                Circa 1990.
                Printed in Hollands Maandblad 1999 - 8/9, p. 5.

                  English title

                  No Title/Head of Woman

                  Signed/dated

                  Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
                  Tags
                  People
                  Portrait
                  Woman

                  Frame dimensions

                  nee

                  Image

                  Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Masturberende vrouw, ca 1990

                  Photographer

                  Tom Haartsen
                  ZT/Masturbatie

                  ZT/Masturbatie

                  1995
                  24,4cm
                  x 18,6cm
                  ink
                  paper
                  Collection Fondation Constant, NL

                  CID

                  1633

                  Circa 1995. While working on the drawing for the publication Dwaaltuin with poems by Jean Clarence Constant produces several erotic tinted drawings.

                    English title

                    No Title/Masturbation

                    Signed/dated

                    Signed Constant, bottom right in ink

                    Provenance

                    Constant
                    2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
                    2012 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
                    Tags
                    Erotica
                    Nude
                    Woman

                    Frame dimensions

                    nee

                    Image

                    Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Naakte vrouw in lotus-houding, 1990

                    Photographer

                    Tom Haartsen
                    ZT/Naakte vrouw in lotus-houding

                    ZT/Naakte vrouw in lotus-houding

                    1990
                    24,4cm
                    x 18,8cm
                    ink
                    paper
                    Collection Fondation Constant, NL

                    CID

                    1631

                    Circa 1995. While working on the drawing for the publication Dwaaltuin with poems by Jean Clarence Constant produces several erotic tinted drawings.

                      English title

                      No Title/Naked Woman in Lotus Pose

                      Signed/dated

                      No signature or date

                      Provenance

                      Constant
                      2005 Collection Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
                      2012 Collection Fondation Constant, NL
                      Tags
                      Nude
                      Woman

                      Frame dimensions

                      nee