Work

Edition: 20
Constant also painted an oil painting called Interrogation that same year.

Edition: 20
Constant also painted an oil painting called Interrogation in that same year.

This is a collaborative print by Constant and his friend Ronald Tolman, in whose print studio he worked every now and then in the eighties and nineties. Both of them fervent dog afficionados, they called this print Kynophilos. Derived from the Greek word "kyno" meaning dog, and "philos" meaning lover. 

Initially, the prisoner was entirely naked, but Constant's girlfriend at the time said it was too much, so he covered him up partially. In the study Constant made for this painting, the man in entirely naked (see Étude pour l'interrogatoire, 1983). 

The background is still reminiscing of the New Babylonian labyrinth with some awkward corners and angles. In stark contrast with the New Babylonian paintings, however, in this painting the people take center stage over the space. 

Circa 1983

Edition: unknown