Harvard Art Museums > M26489: Male Underpants Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Male Underpants (Robert Watts)(Published by Fluxus) , M26489,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 30, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/29862. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M26489 People Robert Watts, American (Burlington, IA 1923 - 1988 Martins Creek, PA) Published by Fluxus, American Title Male Underpants Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1966 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/29862 Physical Descriptions Medium Screen print on fabric Technique Screen print Dimensions greatest dimen.: 33 x 22 cm (13 x 8 11/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number S. 517 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound Accession Year 2005 Object Number M26489 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This work pictures the genitals of sculptor John Chamberlain. Somewhat oddly, both Watts' "Male" and "Female" underpants are printed on women's panties, although this is not always the case. Publication History Jacob Proctor, Ken Friedman, and Hannah Higgins, Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, exh. cat., ed. Jacquelynn Baas, Hood Museum of Art and University of Chicago Press (Hanover, NH, 2011), p. 115, cat. 82, ill. Exhibition History Multiple Strategies: Beuys, Maciunas, Fluxus, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/24/2007 - 06/10/2007 Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 04/16/2011 - 08/07/2011; Grey Art Gallery, New York, 09/09/2011 - 12/03/2011; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 02/25/2012 - 05/20/2012 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2018 - 10/04/2018 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
