Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Medea [I]
1990
55,0cm
x 40,0cm
paper
watercolour
wax crayon
Collection unknown
CID
2331
The numbering is for practical reasons to distinguish between different works with the same title.
In Greek mythology, Medea, often portrayed as a sorceress and priestess of the goddess Hecate, plays a crucial role in the myth of Jason and the Argonauts. She aids Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece, and they subsequently marry. However, when Jason later abandons her for Creusa, the Corinthian king's daughter, Medea exacts a brutal revenge by killing Creusa and her own two sons. Delacroix's famous painting, "Medea About to Kill Her Children," captures the moment before this horrific act. Constant, finding Delacroix's interpretation too ornate, created his own watercolor version, aiming for a more cruel depiction of the scene.
Source: Locher, J.L. Constant: Aquarellen | Watercolors 1975-1995, 1995.
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Alternate titles
Medée
1990 Archive Entry
Signed/dated
Titled "MEDEA", bottom left in magenta crayon. Signed and dated Constant '90, bottom right in black crayon
Provenance
1990 Constant
1993 Jean-Clarence Lambert (gift from Constant)
2003 Collection unknown (Auction Versailles Enchères)
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No
Bibliography
Books
| Title | Year | Page | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constant. L'atelier d'Amsterdam | 2000 | 149 | 85 |
| Constant. Aquarellen | Watercolors | 1995 | 41 | 13 |
| Constant. Les Aquarelles | 1994 | 185 | 88 |
| Constant | Wasserfarben | 1991 | 17 |
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Exhibitions
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Constant. Aquarellen | Watercolors 1975-1995 | 1995 |
| Constant | Aquarelle | 1991 |
| CONSTANT, Aquarelle | 1991 |
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