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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet (top): 6 1/16 × 9 inches (15.4 × 22.86 cm)
Image and sheet (bottom): 6 × 9 inches (15.24 × 22.86 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.170
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “J Sterling”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “131-24 TOP / T106-21 BOTTOM”; On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “032.A1056.3.13”.
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionTwo images mounted vertically on a single mount. Top image of two shirtless young men in front of beach with mouths open. Bottom image of young woman smiling with fingers raised to her head as if she has horns. She’s wearing a cardigan over a collared shirt.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Estate of Joseph Sterling
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