(COBRA) Constant Nieuwenhuys (known as CONSTANT) New Babylon

Sale 2173 - Lot 203

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(COBRA.) Constant Nieuwenhuys (known as CONSTANT). New Babylon: Zehn Lithografien. German text by Simon Vinkenoog, translated from Dutch. Ten large scale lithographs, several folded in half vertically as issued, printed at Atelier P. Clement, Amsterdam. Square folio, contents loose as issued in board portfolio; cloth slipcase. Amsterdam: Galerie d'Eendt, 1963

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number 15 of 60 copies signed by constant and vinkenoog printed in German (there were also 60 each in Dutch and English). The Dutch painter generally known simply as Constant, was an early pioneer of Unitary Urbanism and New Babylon, a series of models, collages, writings and other projects, related to his theories of urban development and social interaction. Earlier on, he was one of the founding members of Experimentele Groep Holland with Karel Appel, Corneille, and his brother Jan Nieuwenhuys; soon after they joined up with Christian Dotremont and Joseph Noiret of Belgium and Asger Jorn of Denmark to form CoBrA .