Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Fête de la tristesse
1949
Cobra
85,0cm
x 110,0cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL on longterm loan from Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed
CID
281
Painted on his birthday July 21st, 1949, this painting captures the heartache Constant experiences after his wife Matie has left him for his friend and colleague Asger Jorn, taking his two daughters Martha and Olga with her.
Details
English title
Feast of Sadness
Alternate titles
Feest der droevenis
2015
Fête de la tristesse
1948
Signed/dated
Signed and dated Constant '49, top center in black
Provenance
1949 Constant
1962 Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed | K62384
2002 Collection Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL
Frame dimensions
unknown
Exhibitions
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Klee & Cobra | 2012 |
| Klee en Cobra | 2012 |
| Klee und Cobra | 2011 |
| Het kind in CoBrA | 2000 |
| Constant 1945-1983 | 1986 |
| COBRA 1948-1951 | 1982 |
| Schilderijen 1940-1980 | 1980 |
| Cobra 1948-1951 | 1966 |
| Constant • Amsterdam | 1961 |
Bibliography
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Klee & Cobra | 2011 |
| Klee and Cobra | 2011 |
| Klee und Cobra | 2011 |
| Constant, De late periode | 2008 |
| Constant, Grafiek | 2004 |
| Cobra | De weg naar spontaniteit | 2001 |
| Constant, Une rétrospective | 2001 |
| Het kind in cobra | 2000 |
| Constant. Les trois espaces | 1992 |
| Phantom Avantgarde | 1990 |
| Cobra | 1987 |
| Constant 1945-1983 | 1986 |
| COBRA 1948-1951 | 1982 |
| Constant | schilderijen 1940-1980 | 1980 |
| Constant | art et architecture aux pay-bas | 1967 |
| Constant | bildende Kunst und Baukunst in den Niederlanden | 1967 |
| cobra 1948/51 | 1966 |
Documentation
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Cobra: a Short Animated History | Film | 2009 |
| Constant, avant le départ | Film | 2005 |
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