Cynthia Maughan

I Tell Three Cats About Jail

1977–1978

Not on view

Date
1977–1978

Classification
Video

Medium
Video, black-and-white, sound, 1:39 min.

Accession number
2015.1.14

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/46575

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.


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