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Dimensions: 165 by 174 cm.

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Provenance: Private Collection, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Sale Sotheby's Amsterdam, 9 December 1993, lot 333, illustrated in colour
Private Collection, Amsterdam (purchased at the above sale)
Thence by descent from the above to the present owner

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Exhibited:

The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Constant 1940-1980, September - October 1980, no. 83, illustrated
Antibes,Musée Picasso, Constant, une rétrospective, June-October 2001, no. 53, p.107, illustrated in colour
Kassel, Documenta 11, Platform 5: Ausstellung/ Exhibition, June-September 2002

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Literature: M. Wigley, Constant's New Babylon, The Hyper-Architecture of Desire, Rotterdam 1998, p. 219, illustrated in colour
J.C. Lambert, Constant, les trois espaces, Paris 1992, p. 101, no. 76, illustrated
J.C. Lambert, Constant, L'atelier d'Amsterdam, Paris 1992, p. 42-43, no. 9, illustrated in colour (with incorrect measurements)

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Notes: PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE DUTCH COLLECTION
In 1971-72 Constant has made a series of four paintings, depicting the evolution of the subject: Erotic Space, Entrance of the Labyrinth, Labyrinth (the present work) and Space Destructed (see: M. Wigley, Constant's New Babylon, The Hyper-Architecture of Desire, Rotterdam 1998, pp.217-219, illustrated in colour)