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In the fall of 2006, I saw the play "The Underpants” at Tulane University. It is a farce written by Carl Sternheim in 1910. The plot concerns a German bureaucrat’s wife who has the embarrassment of her underpants falling to her ankles as she waves during the course of a parade. She and her husband have a room they have advertised for rent. From that point on events become complicated.


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

First of all I am a sucker for farces. This image naturally comes from the underpants used in the play. They were a satin pink with pink ribbons. I merely simplified the underpants into an abstract representation with dots.