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CONSTANT

(Dutch, 1920 – 2005)

Composition

1953
Color lithograph
Edition of 100
Signed and numbered in pencil

Sheet: 12 7/8 x 15 ¾ inches (32.7 x 40 cm)

Price on request

Lithograph printed in colors, from the portfolio Douze Lithographies, a fine, fresh impression of the only known state of this extremely rare work, the full sheet, printed on an unidentified wove paper, with margins, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, executed in an edition of 100 (there were also 13 Artist’s Proofs), printed by Jean Pons, Paris, published by R.V. Gindertael, Paris, in very fine condition, unframed.

 

Notes:

The original portfolio contained lithographs by Manolis Calliyannis, Constant, Georges Carrey, Natalia Dumitresco, Roger Hilton, Serge Poliakoff, Alexandre Istrati, Stephen Gilbert, Greta Sauer, Jean Pons, Selim Turan and François Wendt.
 
Examples from this edition are in the following collections:
 
Brooklyn Museum, New York
NSU Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (as part of a complete portfolio)
Fondation Constant, Utrecht (two examples)