Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Circa 1989
Work
Le tribunal
1989
90.0cm x 95.0cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection
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.
Prometheus
1989
135.0cm x 96.0cm
linen, oil paint
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 39
Prometheus stole fire from the Gods on the Olympus and gave it to the humans. He was punished for his hubris. Zeus chained him to a rock where an eagle (emblem of Zeus) came and picked out his liver. Every day the liver grew back and the torture would repeat.
Voorstudies Prometheus
1989
54.5cm x 39.0cm
crayon, paper, watercolour
Collection Fondation Constant, NL
CID: 2508
Circa 1989.
Waldo
1989
50.0cm x 38.5cm
paper, watercolour
Private collection, NL
CID: 1703
Constant's dog Waldo died in 1989.
