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 |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width Error: 110,4 is not a valid BCD value cm Height Error: 85,4 is not a valid BCD value cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Constant
|
| 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 |
