Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le Viol, 1974

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le Viol

1974
Late period
68,7cm
x 88,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

1104

Le Viol was inspired by the news of the first kidnapping case in the Netherlands in which the kidnapper asked for ransom. The five year old Caroline Pessers from Waalre had been taken by a 19 year old metal worker from Eindhoven. He had demanded 100.000 GLD for her return. The perpetrator later admitted he had strangled Caroline to death in a panick in a old barn in Vessum ten kilometer from her home. The police dug up her body 100 meters from the barn.

    English title

    The Rape

    Alternate titles

    De verkrachting
    2008

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated Constant '74, center right in red paint

    Provenance

    1974 Constant
    1974 Collection Fanny Kelk
    1978 Private collection, NL
    Tags
    Man
    Sex
    Violence
    Woman

    Frame dimensions

    81,5 x 101,3 x 4,5 cm
    Title Type Year
    Constantijn Kelk Article 2014
    Constant in opstand Article 1996

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