Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le massacre de My Lai, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le Massacre de My Lai

1972
New Babylon
120,5cm
x 130,3cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

943

In 1968 American soldiers murder mainly women and children in the Vietnamese village My Lai after the American Intelligence Agency claimed to have information that Vietcong soldiers were hiding there. No Vietcong members were found.

English title

My Lai Massacre

Alternate titles

Massacre de My Lai
1972 Archive entry
Le massacre
1978 Constant | Schilderijen 1969-77

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '72 bottom, left in brown paint

Provenance

Constant
Collection unknown
2011 Private collection, NL [Peter Pappot]
Tags
Human cruelty
Suffering
War

Frame dimensions

132 x 141,5 x 4,5 cm