Constant Nieuwenhuys-Vegetatie, 1948

Photographer

Unknown

Vegetatie

1948
Cobra
54,0cm
x 65,0cm
lacquer
linen
Private collection, Danmark

CID

2985

English title

Vegetation

Alternate titles

Vegetatie
1948 Archive entry
Bird Creatures
2012
Fuglevæsener
2012

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom left in pencil

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection Colette Allendy
2012 Private Collector, Danmark (Bruun Rasmussen)
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Brown
Fantasy creature
Orange
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Geel dier, 1948

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Geel dier

1948
Cobra
75,0cm
x 95,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection SMK Museum, Copenhagen

CID

2913

English title

Yellow Animal

Alternate titles

Geel dier (Animal revolté)
1948 Archive entry
La belle et la bête
1949

Signed/dated

Signed and dated '48 Constant, bottom right in red paint on ochre yellow and ochre green fond

Provenance

Constant
1950 Collection Dupont, Arhus, Denmark
2001 Gallery Lasès, Netherlands
2007 Collection unknown (Bruun Rasmusseum, Denmark)
2017 Collection Staten Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tags
Animal
Fantasy creature
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Teckel, 1986

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Teckel

1986
Late period
31,5cm
x 36,5cm
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

2882

English title

Dachshund

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in black watercolor
Tags
Animal
Dog
Green
Grey
Orange
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leeuw met prooi, ca 1985

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Leeuw met prooi

1985
Late period
35,3cm
x 30,3cm
paper
pastel
Private collection, NL

CID

2864

Circa 1985

English title

Lion with Prey

Signed/dated

Dedication and signed on the back: Voor Adèle vrij naar Delacroix. Constant in pencil

Provenance

1985 Constant
Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL
Private collection, NL
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Lion
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

63,3 x 58,4 x 1,7 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Leeuw pour ma chère dompteuse, 1986

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Leeuw pour ma chère dompteuse

1986
Late period
28,6cm
x 20,3cm
paper
watercolour
wax crayon
Private collection, NL

CID

2862

The work is made on two different pages, on blotting paper Constant drew with charcoal and on paper below he drew with watercolor.

English title

Lion for my sweet lion tamer

Signed/dated

Dedication: Opdracht: “pour ma chère dompteuse, À l’occasion de son 65-me aniiversaire De la part de son lion, bottom center in red and green crayon
Tags
Animal
Black
Lion
Sepia
Yellow

Frame dimensions

42,2 x 42,3 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le lion II, 1991

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le lion [II]

1991
Late period
42,0cm
x 56,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection unknown

CID

2630

English title

The Lion [II]

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '91, bottom left in white pencil
Tags
Animal
Black
Green
Lion
Red
Sepia
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-La rose fanée, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La rose fanée

1972
New Babylon
70,0cm
x 90,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, BE

CID

2613

English title

The Faded Rose

Alternate titles

La rose fanée
1972 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '72, bottom left in grey paint on a grey fond

Provenance

1972 Constant
1974 Collection Daniel Gervis, Paris
1979 Collection Jan Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, BE
1987 Collection Wilem Smit, NL (Nova Spectra, Den Haag)
1991 Private collection, BE (Sotheby's Amsterdam)
Tags
Black
Blue
Brown
Building
Flower
Grey
Orange
Pink
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

80 x 100,1 x 6 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Carnaval, 1948

Photographer

Unknown

Ballonnenfeest

1948
Cobra
121,0cm
x 89,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, Cologne, Germany

CID

2608

English title

Balloon Party

Alternate titles

Carnaval
1992

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom left in white paint on black fond

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection Henri Lazard, Lausanne, CH
Tags
Black
Blue
Green
Orange
Party
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Bos, ca 1942

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

ZT/Bos

1942
Early period
36,3cm
x 25,5cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2587

Circa 1942.

English title

ZT/Forrest

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, on the back in pencil

Provenance

1942 Constant
Collection Arie Teeuwisse, NL
Private collection, NL
Tags
Blue
Brown
Green
Tree
Yellow

Frame dimensions

48,2 x 37,2 x 2,7 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Fantastische dieren, ca 1947

Photographer

Unknown

Fantastische dieren

1947
Early period
34,5cm
x 45,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark

CID

2512

Circa 1947.

English title

Fantastic Animals

Alternate titles

Fantastische dieren
1947 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, top left in yellow paint on yellow fond

Provenance

1947 Constant
Anna en Kresten Krestensen
1974 Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg (Anna og Kresten Krestensens samling)
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Brown
Fantasy creature
Flower
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No