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.

Details

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)

Frame dimensions

148,2 x 114,2 x 3,5 cm

Exhibitions

Title	Year
Constant - Nueva Babilonia	2015
Feature Art Basel 2015: New Babylon. Constant	2015
Speel!	2006
33e Biennale Internazionale d'Arte	1966
Van cobra naar new babylon \| Constant. schilderijen gouaches plastieken maquettes	1966
Constant • Amsterdam	1961

Bibliography

Title	Year
Cobra a Brief History	2015
Cobra in vogelvlucht	2015
Constant. New Babylon	2015
Constant. Nueva Babilonia	2015
Highlights of the collection	2007
Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling	2007
33e Biennale Internazionale d'Arte	1966
Bilder, Gouachen und Plastiken von Constant Nieuwenhuys	1966
constant. van cobra naar new babylon \| schilderijen gouaches plastieken maquettes	1966
Constant \| schilderijen plastieken New Babylon	1965
Constant • Amsterdam	1961

Documentation

Title	Type	Year
Constant	Article	2015
Constant oder der Weg nach New Babylon	Film	1968

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