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Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le massacre de My Lai, 1972

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le Massacre de My Lai

1972
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

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