Cynthia Maughan

The Way Underpants Really Are

1975

Person wearing torn shorts with visible holes, standing in a room with a bed in the background.

Person wearing torn shorts with visible holes, standing in a room with a bed in the background.

Not on view

Date
1975

Classification
Video

Medium
Video, black-and-white, sound, 1:17 min.

Accession number
2015.1.7

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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Part of a series:
Selections from Cynthia Maughan's Tapes
15 works

Person wearing white cat-eye sunglasses reads a newspaper with a visible headline: "LAST 3 DAYS."

A box labeled "Mexican Hats" candy is held above several small, hat-shaped candies on a table.

A person wearing a headscarf looks at two framed animal photos with polka dot borders on a table.

Person with short dark hair is being fed with a spoon by someone wearing a black glove.

Hands hold a book with a city street picture on the cover; two textured cups sit in front.

A person holds a shiny scarf over their mouth and nose, with wide eyes looking forward. Plants in the background.

A woman stands next to a wall chart, pointing at it with a stick while explaining something.

Two hands carefully stacking a pile of thin, rectangular objects, possibly cards or tiles, on a surface.

Person wearing a robe and head wrap lies on a couch covered in clear plastic sheets.

Person wearing a necklace made of small rectangular objects, with arms raised and torso wrapped in fabric.

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Cynthia Maughan
16 works in the collection, 2 exhibitions

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