Constructie met ladders

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Construction with ladders, 1961

Tom Haartsen

Constructie met ladders

1961

146,5cm

x 112,2cm

linen

oil paint

Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich

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.

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Details

English title:

Construction with Ladders

Alternate titles:

Visionaire stad:

1956

Construction with Ladders:

1966

Construzzione con scale:

1966

Die Stadt:

1961

Frame dimensions:

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

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, longterm loan Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst

2012 Fondation Constant

2015 Collection Galerie Haas, Zurich (Art Basel, Swiss)

Tags:

Documentation

Article
Title	Year
Constant	2015

Film
Title	Year
Constant oder der Weg nach New Babylon	1968

Bibliography

Title	Year
Cobra a Brief History	2015
Cobra in vogelvlucht	2015
Constant. New Babylon	2015
Constant. Nueva Babilonia	2015
New Babylon. Constant	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

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