Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gele mens, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Yellow Man

1949
Cobra
47,0cm
x 49,0cm
gouache
paper
Private Collection, NL

CID

2250

Alternate titles

Yellow Man
1949 Archive Entry
Uomo giallo
1966
Man and bird
2015

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom right from center in pencil

Provenance

Constant
1966 Collection Hollander, NY, USA [bought at Biennal Venice]
Collection Benjamin D. Bernstein, Philadelphia, USA
Collection Tom Okker, NL [in the eighties, acquired from B. D. Bernstein]
2021 Private Collection, NL [bought at online-auction Christie's Lot 45 "Made in Holland]
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Green
Man
Purple
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-La Samaritaine, 1984

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

La Samaritaine

1984
Late period
101,6cm
x 107,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

2246

English title

The Samaritan

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '84, top right in black paint on brown fond

Provenance

1984 Constant
1996 ca Collection Harinck, NL
2006 ca Collection Max Vorst (Galerie Delaive)
2008 Private collection, Belgium (Galerie Delaive)
2016 Private collection, NL (Peter Pappot)
Tags
Culture
Myth
People
Religion
Yellow

Frame dimensions

121,5 x 127,7 x 4,8 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Pousse tout fleurie II, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Pousse tout fleurie [II]

1949
Cobra
49,0cm
x 37,7cm
color lithograph
Collection Jérôme Guéras

CID

2245

Edition: 50

English title

Flowering Growth [II]

Alternate titles

Pousse, tout fleurit
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed Für Inge Grelle Constant, bottom left in beige pencil
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Fantasy creature
Figures
Flower
Green
House
Orange
Sun
Yellow

Frame dimensions

84,5 x 69,5 x 4,7 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Landschap, ca 1980

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Landschap

1980
Late period
23,5cm
x 31,8cm
crayon
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2240

Circa 1980
The image size as drawn by Constant: 21 x 29,4 cm

English title

Landscape

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in black pencil

Provenance

1980 Constant
Tags
Blue
Brown
Flower
Green
Landscape
Pink
Plant
Yellow

Frame dimensions

47,5 x 55,5 x 3,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Circusnummer met leeuwen, ca 1979

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

De leeuwentemmer

1979
Late period
20,0cm
x 22,2cm
crayon
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

2190

Circa 1979

English title

The lion tamer

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1979 Constant
1979 Private collection, NL
Tags
Animal
Grey
Lion
Man
People
Sepia
Yellow

Frame dimensions

36,3 x 36,8 x 1,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Zonder titel/Figuur, drie dieren en een bloem, 1948

Photographer

Marten de Leeuw

Zonder titel/Figuur, drie dieren en een bloem

1948
Cobra
40,5cm
x 29,0cm
gouache
paper
Collection Groninger Museum, NL donated by mis J.H. Mulder in 1978

CID

2173

English title

No Title/Figure, Three Animals and a Flower

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom left from center scratched in black fond
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Blue
Fantasy creature
Flower
Green
Red
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Pousse tout fleurit, 1949

Photographer

Marten de Leeuw

Pousse tout fleurit

1949
Cobra
49,0cm
x 39,0cm
color lithograph
Collection Groninger Museum, NL

CID

2172

Edition: 50

English title

Flowering Growth

Alternate titles

Pousse, tout fleurit
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom left in pencil
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Fantasy creature
Flower
Green
House
Purple
Red
Sun
Wheel
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Kinderen en dieren, 1948

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Kinderen en dieren

1948
Cobra
55,0cm
x 30,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Assenbaum, Vienna/London (Austria/UK)

CID

2139

English title

Children and Animals

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, top right in white paint

Provenance

Constant
Collection Har Oudejans, Amsterdam (NL)
1990 Collection Assenbaum, Vienna/London (Austria/UK) (Christie's)
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Child
Fantasy creature
Green
Orange
Purple
Red
Wheel
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique V, 1958

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique V, 1958-2
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique V, 1958-3
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique V, 1958-4
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Nébulose Mécanique V, 1958-5

Nébulose mécanique [V]

1958
New Babylon
36,0cm
x 15,0cm
x 43,0cm
aluminum
plexiglass
steel
Private collection, BE

CID

2111

Alternate titles

Petite roue
1972
Nébulose mécanique
1958 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant 1958, chiseled and painted in the plexiglass side plane

Provenance

1958 Constant
Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL
2008 Private collection, BE (Christie's Amsterdam)
2019 Private collection, BE (inheritance)
Tags
Architecture
Futuristic
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Stilleven atelier, ca 1977

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Atelier stilleven

1977
Late period
53,2cm
x 45,1cm
crayon
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

1737

Circa 1977

English title

Still Life Studio

Signed/dated

Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil

Provenance

1977 Constant
Private collection, NL
Tags
Art
Brown
Green
Orange
Painter
Pink
Red
Studio
Yellow

Frame dimensions

69,1 x 61 x 1 cm