The title La belle noiseuse appears in a short story by Honoré de Balzac, Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (The unknown masterpiece) from 1831.
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photo: Tom Haartsen
photo: Tom Haartsen
photo: Tom Haartsen
De ontmoeting van Ubu en Justine
1975
190.2cm x 200.2cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
In this work Constant brings together the fictional characters Justine and King Ubu, created respectively by Marquis de Sade (1791) and Alfred Jarry (1888). With this painting he references the silent majority as popularized by the U.S. president Richard Nixon in his speech of November 3, 1969. In the painting Justine embodies the silent majority meeting the idiot characterized by Ubu.
photo: Tom Haartsen
40.000 Ton bommen op Hanoi
1973
89.3cm x 94.7cm
crayon, newspaper, paper, watercolor
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
photo: Tom Haartsen
Mobiel labyrinth E.S.R. New Babylon
1966
128.2cm x 140.3cm
paper, pencil
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
photo: 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.
photo: Tom Haartsen
photo: Tom Haartsen
Spatiovore [III]
1959
24.7cm x 41.0cm x 55.8cm
aluminum, metal, plexiglass, wood
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
photo: Tom Haartsen
Chilla [III]
1957
102.0cm x 92.3cm
cotton
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
No year of fabrication known, estimate is 1957
photo: Tom Haartsen