Constant Nieuwenhuys-Vrouw met hond, 2001

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Vrouw met hond

2001
Late period
56,0cm
x 42,0cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection, NL

CID

964

English title

Woman With Dog

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant 2001, top right on the horizon in b lack pencil

Provenance

2001 Constant
2001 Private collection, NL (Galerie Delaive)
Tags
Animal
Black
Brown
Dog
People
Portrait
Purple
Red
Woman
Yellow

Frame dimensions

81 x 65 x 3 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Vogel met wielen, 1949

Photographer

Unknown

Vogel met wielen

1949
Cobra
43,2cm
x 50,8cm
gouache
paper
Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Longterm loan from Golda and Meyer Marks Cobra

CID

927

English title

Bird with Wheels

Alternate titles

Vogel met wielen
1949 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, top right in pencil

Provenance

Constant
Collection Golda and Meyer Marks Cobra on loan to the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Tags
Animal
Bird
Black
Blue
Brown
Landscape
Red
Sun
Tree
Wheel
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Verstrikte vogel, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Verstrikte vogel

1948
Cobra
115,0cm
x 50,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

647

English title

Entangled Bird

Alternate titles

L'oiseau dans le filet
2001
Ensnared Bird
1966
Uccello in trappola
1966

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '48, bottom right scratched in black

Provenance

1948 Constant
Collection Steef de Vries, Deventer, NL
1989 Karel van Stuijvenberg (Sotheby's London)
2002 Galerie Moderne Silkeborg. Galerie Moderne Amsterdam, G. Lasès (collection Stuijvenberg)
2006 Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL (Galerie Moderne Amsterdam)
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Bird
Black
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Twee vogels, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Twee vogels

1949
Cobra
81,0cm
x 62,5cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

646

English title

Two Birds

Alternate titles

Twee vogels
1949 Archive entry
Deux oiseaux
2008

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '49, top left from center in white paint

Provenance

1949 Constant
1979 P. van de Kerkhoven (toebedeeld middels de scheiding met Constant)
1990 Alain Delon (gekocht op de veiling Christie's, Amsterdam)
2007 Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen (gekocht op de veiling Cornette-de-Saint-Cyr, Parijs)
Tags
Animal
Bird
Blue
Flower
Green
Orange
Red
Tree
Yellow

Frame dimensions

Unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Paysage artificiel, 1963

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Paysage artificiel

1963
New Babylon
160,0cm
x 185,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection K. van Stuijvenberg on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

644

English title

Artificial Landscape

Alternate titles

Paysage artificiel
1963 Archive entry

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '63, center right in red paint

Provenance

1963 Constant
Collection K. van Stuijvenberg on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL
Tags
Black
Blue
Brown
Futuristic
Ladder
Landscape
Red
Wheel
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

No
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Kat, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Kat

1949
Cobra
39,2cm
x 48,0cm
color lithograph
Collection Mary Louise van Stuijvenberg on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

641

Edition: 6

English title

Cat

Alternate titles

Kat
1949 Archive entry
Tags
Animal
Black
Blue
Cat
Yellow

Frame dimensions

nee
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with ladders, 1961

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Constructie met ladders

1961
New Babylon
146,5cm
x 112,2cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich

CID

634

Constant himself gave this work the title Visionaire stad (Visionary city) but when the work was exhibited at the Biennale in Venice in 1966 the work was titled Constructie met ladders.

English title

Construction with Ladders

Alternate titles

Visionaire stad
1956 Archive entry
Construction with Ladders
1966
Construzzione con scale
1966
Die Stadt
1961

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '61, right from center on top of the white horizon on the right of the red triangle, scratched in black fond.

Provenance

1961 Constant
2005 Legacy Constant - Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2006 Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL, longterm loan Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst
2012 Fondation Constant, NL
2015 Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich (Art Basel, CH)
Tags
Abstract
Black
Blue
Cityscape
Futuristic
Green
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

148,2 x 114,2 x 3,5 cm
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Animaux, 1949

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Animaux

1949
Cobra
85,2cm
x 70,5cm
linen
oil paint
Collection ABN AMRO on loan to Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, NL

CID

632

English title

Animals

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant, bottom center in white paint
Tags
Abstract
Animal
Black
Fantasy creature
Green
Orange
Red
White
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-De dompteuse, 1980

Photographer

Unknown

De dompteuse

1980
Late period
83,0cm
x 80,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

534

English title

The Lion Trainer

Alternate titles

La dompteuse
1980

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '80 center left in black on brown fond

Provenance

1980 Constant
Collection Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL (gift)
2017 Collection heirs Adèle van Rijckevorsel, NL
Tags
Animal
Brown
Lion
Orange
People
Pink
Red
White
Woman
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown
Constant Nieuwenhuys-Tikus, 1991

Photographer

Tom Haartsen
2005 ca Tikus bij de schouw in Utrecht

Tikus

1991
Late period
71,0cm
x 50,0cm
paper
watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL

CID

515

Tikus means mouse in Malaisian. He was with Constant from 1990 till his death. Ever since Constant had picked him up from the compound the dog had not been from his side. When Constant passed away Tikus died a few days later.

Signed/dated

Titled, signed and dated "Tikus" Constant '91, bottom right in black pencil
Tags
Animal
Dog
Friend
Portrait
Yellow

Frame dimensions

unknown