Beautiful original old work, painted by the painter at the age of 26, supplied with certificate of authenticity. Dimensions with frame: 48 x 37 cm, approx. Dimensions of the work : 36,5 x 26 cm. Atelier Corneille stamp on the reverse. Elegant signature in ink in the drawing : Corneille 48 Watercolour and India ink on paper. Constantia is the name of a peasant woman, tired of picking fruit, sunk in dreams, a bag of red apples spread around her. The poem was considered one of Han G. Hoekstra's best by Binnendijk in 1940. Guillaume Corneille (1922-2010) was born in Liège of Dutch parents and was a member of the Cobra group along with Constant, Dotremont, Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, Noiret, Doucet and Alechinsky.