Constant Dutch, 1920-2005
37 3/8 x 18 1/8 x 17 1/8 inches
Provenance
ConstantTrudy Nieuwenhuys-Van der Horst, by descent, 2005
Exhibitions
Bochum, Germany, Städtische Kunstgalerie, Constant · Amsterdam, 4 March – 9 April 1961
Krefeld, Germany, Museum Haus Lange, Constant New-Babylon, Imaginäre Stadtlandschaften, 31 October – 6 December 1964
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Constant. Schilderijen, plastieken New Babylon, 1 October – 21 November 1965
Cologne, Germany, Volkshochschule, Constant. New Babylon, 14 January – 11 February 1966
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Provinciaal Museum,Constant. Van Cobra naar New Babylon. Schilderijen, gouaches, plastieken en maquettes, 26 February – 24 March 1966
Venice, Dutch Pavilion, XXXIII Esposizione Biennale Internazionale, Constant: Pitture, Disegni, Guazzi, Acquarelli. Sculture, 'New Babylon', 18 June – 16 October 1966
Oslo, Norway, Kunstnernes Hus, Constant. New Babylon. En verden for HOMO LUDENS, 18 November – 10 December 1967
Lund, Sweden, Lunds Konsthall, Constant. New Babylon, 30 March – 25 April 1968
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Constant. New Babylon, 15 June – 1 September 1974
Rotterdam, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Constant's New Babylon. The Hyper-Architecture of Desire, 21 November 1998 – 10 January 1999
Berlin, Germany, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Verführung Freiheit / The Desire for Freedom. Art in Europe since 1945, 30th Council of Europe Art Exhibition, 17 October 2012 – 10 February 2013, travelling to:
Milan, Italy, Palazzo Reale, 14 March – 2 June 2013
Tallinn, Estonia, Kumu Art Museum, Critique and Crises. Art in Europe since 1945, 30th Council of Europe Art Exhibition, 28 June – 3 November 2013
Zwolle, Museum de Fundatie, Meer macht, 30 March – 17 August 2014
Basel, Borzo Gallery, Feature Art Basel, Constant. New Babylon, 18–21 June 2015
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Constant. Nueva Babilonia / Constant. New Babylon, 20 October 2015 – 29 February 2016
Amstelveen, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Constant. Ruimte + Kleur. Van Cobra naar New Babylon / Constant. Space + Colour. From Cobra to New Babylon, 28 May – 25 September 2016
Literature
Andreotti, Libero & Xavier Costa, eds., Situationists. Art, Politics, Urbanism, exh.cat. Barcelona (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) 1996, pp. 84–85 (ill.)Beitin, Andreas & J. Gillen Eckhert, eds., Flashes of the Future. The Art of the 68ers or the Power of the Powerless, exh.cat. Aachen (Ludwig Forum for International Art) 2019, p. 363, ill. no. 1
Borja-Villel, Manuel, et al., Constant. New Babylon, exh.cat. Madrid (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía) 2015, p. 141 (ill.)
Careri, Francesco, Constant. New Babylon. Una città nomade, Turin (Testo & Immagine) 2001, pp. 6–7 (ill.) [photograph of Constant in his studio with Twee Torens to his left]
Constant & Trudy van der Horst, C'est notre désir qui fait la révolution. Constant, monograph, exh.cat. Basel (BorzoGallery, Art Basel) 2015, p. 4 (ill.)
Constant, Constant New-Babylon: Imaginäre Stadtlandschaften, exh.cat. Krefeld (Museum Haus Lange) 1964, cat.no. 6, p. 6 (ill.) [the large tower on a different base]
Flacke, Monika, ed., Critique and Crises. Art in Europe since 1945, exh.cat. Tallinn/Milan (Kumu Art Museum/Palazzo Reale) 2013, pp. 66–67 (ill.)
Flacke, Monika, ed., Verführung Freiheit. Kunst in Europa seit 1945, exh.cat. Berlin (Deutsches Historisches Museum) / Dresden (Sandstein Verlag) 2012, pp. 66–67 (ill.)
Geest, Jan van, "De vrije kunst van het construeren. Een tafelontwerp van Constant", Jong Holland, no. 2, year 12, 1996, p. 10, ill. no. 9 [the small tower]
Lambert, Jean-Clarence & Constant, Constant. New Babylon. Art et Utopie. Textes Situationnistes, Paris (Éditions Cercle d'Art) 1997, p. 22 (ill.) [photograph of Constant in his studio with Twee Torens to his left]
Leo, Peter & Constant, Constant · Amsterdam, exh.cat. Bochum (Städtische Kunstgalerie) 1964, cat.no. 60
Locher, J.L. & Constant, New Babylon, exh.cat. The Hague (Haags Gemeentemuseum) 1974, p. 77, ill. no. 6
Oxenaar, R.D.W., Constant: Pitture, Disegni, Guazzi, Acquarelli. Sculture, 'New Babylon', exh.cat. Venice (XXXIII Esposizione Biennale Internazionale) 1966, pp. 190–194, cat.no. 42 [the small tower, which is the large tower in the current situation]
Reise, Walter & Dietrich Mahlow, Begegnung. Maler und Bildhauer der Gegenwart / Encounters. Contemporary Artists and Sculptors, Stuttgart (Belser Verlag) 1970 (ill.).
Weitering, Katja, et al., Constant. Space + Colour. From Cobra to New Babylon, exh.cat. Amstelveen (Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst) 2016, p. 124 (ill.)
Wijsenbeek, L.J.F., Constant Nieuwenhuys, Jos de Gruyter & Hein van Haaren, Constant. Schilderijen, plastieken New Babylon, exh.cat. The Hague (Haags Gemeentemuseum) 1965, cat.no. 161 [the small tower, which is the large tower in the current situation]
Wigley, Mark, Constant & Bartomeu Marí, Constant's New Babylon. The Hyper-Architecture of Desire, Rotterdam (Witte de With / 010 Publishers) 1998, p. 48, ill. no. 2