Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Homo ludens
1964
158,8cm
x 183,9cm
linen
oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID
37
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.
Details
English title
Playing Man
Alternate titles
Homo ludens
1964 Archive entry
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
Frame dimensions
Unknown
Bibliography
Books
| Title | Year | Page | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobra 1948-1951 | The History of a European Avant-Garde Movement | 2017 | 252 | 262 |
| Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty | 2016 | 170 | |
| Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid | 2016 | 170 | |
| Playgrounds | 2014 | 137 | |
| Constant, De late periode | 2008 | 99 | 113 |
| Exit Utopia | Architectural Provocations, 1956-76 | 2005 | 214 | 2 |
| Constant, Une rétrospective | 2001 | 102 | 46 |
| Cobra | De weg naar spontaniteit | 2001 | 62 | 57 |
| Beeldenstorm 3 | 1999 | 149 | 2 |
| Constant: New Babylon: art et utopie: textes situationistes | 1997 | 125 | |
| Constant. Schilderijen | Paintings | 1995 | 89 | 29 |
| COBRA au Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | 1994 | 90 | 70 |
| Constant. Les trois espaces | 1992 | 85 | 59 |
| Phantom Avantgarde | 1990 | 103 | 43 |
| [NL] Cobra | 1987 | 84 | 86 |
| [EN] Cobra | 1987 | 84 | 86 |
| La Grande Parade | 1984 | 89 | |
| Constant | schilderijen 1940-1980 | 1980 | 97 | 74 |
| Cobra | 1974 | 181 | |
| Constant | bildende Kunst und Baukunst in den Niederlanden | 1967 | 24 | |
| Constant | art et architecture aux pay-bas | 1967 | 24 |
Documentation
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Panorama Pijbes | Films | 2017 |
| Nederlandse Kunst vanaf 1900 | Films | 1994 |
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