This is Cobra par excellence, a collection of fantasy figures that seem to have sprung spontaneously from Constant’s rapidly painting hand: a strange three-legged beast with a cat-like face, a smiling crocodile with horns and a curious beetle on its back, a flying fish, a fish-like bird and a gigantic millipede with a human face… all crawling, flying and swimming in a colourful, undefined space.
Specifications
Title | Fête de la tristesse |
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Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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Location | This object is in storage |
Dimensions |
Width 110,4 cm Height 85,4 cm |
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Artists |
Artist:
Constant
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Accession number | 2721 (MK) |
Credits | Loan Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, 1966 |
Department | Modern Art |
Acquisition date | 1966 |
Creation date | in 1949 |
Entitled parties | © Fondation Constant, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, 2018 |
Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
External exhibitions |
Klee and CoBrA - A Child's Play (2011) |
Material | |
Object | |
Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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