Homo ludens

Tom Haartsen

Homo ludens

1964

158,8cm

x 183,9cm

linen

oil paint

Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL

After reading Johan Huizinga's book Homo Ludens (Man at Play) of Johan Huizinga Constant develops his ideas for New Babylon the futuristic city for the creative man at play.

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Details

Frame dimensions:

unknown

Signed/dated:

Dated and signed '64 Constant, bottom left from center in green paint. Titled Homo Ludens, bottom right in orange paint

Provenance:

1964 Constant

Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL

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Documentation

Film
Title	Year
Panorama Pijbes	2017
Nederlandse Kunst vanaf 1900	1994

Bibliography

Title	Year
Cobra 1948-1951 \| The History of a European Avant-Garde Movement	2017
Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid	2016
Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty	2016
Constant. New Babylon	2015
Constant. Nueva Babilonia	2015
Constant, De late periode	2008
Exit Utopia \| Architectural Provocations, 1956-76	2005
Cobra \| De weg naar spontaniteit	2001
Constant, Une rétrospective	2001
Constant: New Babylon: art et utopie: textes situationistes	1997
Constant. Schilderijen \| Paintings	1995
COBRA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam	1994
Constant. Les trois espaces	1992
Phantom Avantgarde	1990
Cobra	1987
La Grande Parade	1984
Constant \| schilderijen 1940-1980	1980
Cobra	1974
Constant \| art et architecture aux pay-bas	1967
Constant \| bildende Kunst und Baukunst in den Niederlanden	1967
33e Biennale Internazionale d'Arte	1966

Exhibitions

Title	Year
Constant - New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid	2016
Constant - Nueva Babilonia	2015
Constant, une rétrospective	2001
Constant Malerier	1996
Schilderijen 1948-1995	1995
COBRA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam	1994
La Grande Parade	1984
Schilderijen 1940-1980	1980
Constant \| von Cobra bis New Babylon	1967
33e Biennale Internazionale d'Arte	1966
Bilder, Gouachen und Plastiken von Constant Nieuwenhuys	1966
Constant \| schilderijen plastieken New Babylon	1965