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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet (top): 6 × 9 1/16 inches (15.24 × 23.02 cm)
Image and sheet (bottom): 6 × 4 inches (15.24 × 10.16 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.175
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil.
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “TOP / 249-12 / BOTTOM / 231-3”; On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: “032.A1055.3.13”.
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionTwo images on a single mount. Top image of three young people outside of a walkup diner window at night. A Coca-Cola sign is displayed in the window. Bottom image of four young men standing around drinking from paper cups with straws.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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