Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour

1976
237.0cm x 187.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
CID: 33

Plaisir et tristesse de l’amour

1976
62.7cm x 47.6cm
paper, pencil, watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID: 2875

Voorstudie Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour

1976
38.8cm x 49.7cm
paper, pencil, washed ink, watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 2507

Circa 1976. Numbered 19, bottom right in pencil

4 dessins préparatoires pour Casanova-02

1975
30.0cm x 32.5cm
ink, paper
Collection Aaron Shatzman and Karen Kaplan, USA
CID: 4342

4 dessins préparatoires pour Casanova-01

1975
21.0cm x 25.0cm
ink, paper
Private collection, NL
CID: 2337

Baviaan

1975
20.0cm x 25.0cm
paper, watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID: 1109

Casanova s'associe avec la morale

1975
166.0cm x 175.4cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed, NL
CID: 161

Chien chétif

1975
40.0cm x 54.3cm
paper, watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID: 2369

De ontmoeting van Ubu en Justine

1975
190.2cm x 200.2cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
CID: 30

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.

Die Beschneidung Christi- nach Joerg Ratgeb

1975
83.0cm x 69.0cm
cardboard, crayon, paper, watercolour
Collection Krona Museum, Uden, NL
CID: 2589

On his way to Munich for the exhibition ‘Constant Kreidezeichnungen 1945-52’ in Gallery van de Loo, Constant makes a stop in Stuttgart. At the Stuttgart State Gallery, he sees the Herrenberg Altarpiece by the German Renaissance painter Jerg Ratgeb. The altarpiece consists of eight panels that show 24 scenes from the Passion story, from the life of Mary and from the Acts of the Apostles.