Constant Dutch, 1920-2005
Bommen op Ziekenhuis / Bombs on Hospital, 1972
Paint, chalk and newspaper clippings on paper
Image: 91 x 103 cm
Framed: 97 x 109 cm
Framed: 97 x 109 cm
Signed and dated "Constant 23.12.'72" center right in pencil
Constant / Fondation Constant c/o Pictoright Amsterdam
During the Vietnam war Constant expresses his disdain for violence through his works. Constant has produced seven comparable works. Five of them are in a larger format like this work....
During the Vietnam war Constant expresses his disdain for violence through his works.
Constant has produced seven comparable works. Five of them are in a larger format like this work. Only three of these are still privately owned.
Constant has produced seven comparable works. Five of them are in a larger format like this work. Only three of these are still privately owned.
Provenance
Collection Fondation ConstantExhibitions
1973, Vietnam, Kollages en Tekeningen (fundraiser for the medical committee Netherlands-Vietnam), Galerie De Tor, Amsterdam2015, Constant. Nueva Babilonia / Constant. New Babylon, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
2021, Constant 101: The Future can be Humane, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen
Literature
Borja-Villel, Manuel, Trudy van der Horst, Rem Koolhaas ea., Constant. Nueva Babilonia, exh.cat. Madrid (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía) 2015, p. 267 (ill.)Horst, Trudy van der, Constant. The late period. Against the tide in essence. Une peinture nouvelle, BnM Publishers (Nijmegen) 2008, p. 150 (ill. 156)