 "The Man Who Sang and The Woman Who Kept Silent' (colloquially known as 'The Blue Dress'); comprising three paintings and a mixed media sculpture, have together come to constitute the signature piece of the Constitutional Court's collection.Justice Albie Sachs considers Judith Mason's "The Man Who Sang and the Woman Who Kept Silent" (1998) to be "one of the great pieces of art in the world of the late 20th century"

This piece was inspired by two stories Mason heard on the radio at the time of the Truth and Reconciliation hearings.They told of the execution of two liberation movement cadres by the security police.