Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le tribunal, 1989

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le tribunal

1989
90,0cm
x 95,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

38

Inspired by the mock trial of Nicolae Ceaușescu on the 25th of December 1989 internationally broadcasted on television. After the trial the General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and his wife were quickly executed. Constant dated the painting 1989, however, since the trial was held on the 25th of December of that year it is more likely that the painting was finished in 1990.

English title

Trial

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom left in black paint on brown fond

Provenance

Constant
1994 Private collection, NL

Frame dimensions

No