Depicts the myth of the Greek god Zeus, who transforms into a white bull to seduce the young Phoenician woman Europa without his wife Hera finding out. The painting is perhaps inspired by the signing of the Maastricht treatment (Treaty on the European Union) on February 7th, 1992 confirming the European Union and the Euro.
Work
Het paar
1992
17.8cm x 12.8cm
aquatint, etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 759
Edition: 10
Jeltsin voor de assemblée
1992
14.8cm x 12.6cm
aquatint, etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 764
Edition: 20
l'Otage
1992
99.0cm x 80.5cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection
CID: 24
Although the theme of this painting is similar to paintings by Manet (L'exécution de l'Empéreur) and Goya (The third of May 1808), Constant has changed the composition so that the audience faces the executioners.
La belle noiseuse
1992
81.5cm x 100.1cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID: 358
The title La belle noiseuse appears in a short story by Honoré de Balzac, Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (The unknown masterpiece) from 1831.
La bohème
1992
12.7cm x 17.8cm
aquatint, etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 771
Edition: 20
Le soldat
1992
116.0cm x 89.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 8
Soldier seen from the back
Man, vrouw en hond
1992
12.8cm x 17.0cm
aquatint, etching
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 779
Editions: 31 [19 & 12]