CONSTANT African mask or Meteoor man Oil on canvas Signed lower right "Constant", countersigned and dated several times on the back "Constant '49, 1949". H : 40.0 cm, W : 50.0 cm Provenance : Galerie Delta, Rotterdam (acquired directly from the artist) Willem Smit Collection, Rotterdam Gallery Lasés, Paris Private collection Sale, Paris, Sotheby's, 29 May 2012, lot 31 Private collection, Monaco To the present owner by descent Exhibitions : Rotterdam, Galerie Delta, "CoBrA 1948-51, Karel appel, Constant, Corneille, Anton Rooskens", December 1981, reproduced under n°3 Bibliography : Website https://stichtingconstant.nl/work/meteoor-man, reproduced in colour This work is included in the Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre de l'artiste, produced by the Fondation Constant, under no. 7635. 1949 This work is registered in the Constant Archives. h : 40.0 cm, w : 50.0 cm CONSTANT H : 40.0 cm, W : 50.0 cm h : 40.0 cm, w : 50.0 cm Oil on canvas; signed lower right, signed again and dated several times on the reverse