Person wearing light shorts with a visible tear and a stain on the back.

Cynthia Maughan

The Way Underpants Really Are

1975

Not on view

16 works in the collection
2 exhibitions

View more by this artist https://whitney.org/collection/works/46565

Classification
Video

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

Accession number
2015.1.7

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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

A woman wearing patterned sunglasses touches her lips with a finger against a plain background.

Person wearing cat-eye sunglasses reads a newspaper with headline last 3 days.

A box labeled Mexican Hats sits behind a row of small dome-shaped chocolate candies.

A person wearing a headscarf looks at two polka-dot framed photos sitting on a table.

Person with short hair being fed from a spoon held by a gloved hand.

Hands hold a framed picture behind two small woven baskets on a table.

A person peeks over a patterned scarf covering their lower face, with blinds and plants behind.

A woman points with a stick at a large medical chart displayed on the wall.

Hands stacking small wooden blocks into a tall, precarious tower with a nail on top.

A woman reclining on a couch wrapped in clear plastic covering.

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017