Lot 78
  • 78

Constant

Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Constant
  • Barricade
  • signed and dated '50
  • watercolour on paper
  • 64,5 by 47,5cm.; 25 3/8 by 18 5/8 in.

Provenance

Acquired by Willem Sandberg for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1965

Exhibited

The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Constant, 1965
Eindhoven, Bijenkorf (& travellling), Kunst over de Drempel, 1985
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Art Works: International Modern Art in the Industrial Working Environment, an Experiment over more than Thirty Years Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, 1991-1992, p. 63, illustrated in colour
Barcelona, Fondación Miró; Zaragoza, Palacio de la Lonja; Valencia, Museo de la Ciudad, El Arte Funciona, 1992
Sevilla, World EXPO '92, Art in the Factory, 1992, no. 19

Literature

Hein van Haaren, Constant (Art and Architecture in the Netherlands), Amsterdam, 1966, no. 11a, illustrated
Harry Abrams, Hans Jaffé, et al., Adventure in Art, An International Group of Art Collections in Industrial Environments, Milan & Amsterdam, 1970, p. 135, illustrated in colour

 

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is darker. Condition: This work is in good condition. The sheet is paper taped along the extreme edges to the mount. There are two pin holes; one in each upper corner. Some buckling to the sheet is notable along the upper part of the paper.
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