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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 9/16 × 7 1/2 inches (19.21 × 19.05 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.176
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “’61-17-5”; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.451.311”.
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of young man with unbuttoned shirt; his head is being pressed back by another man’s hand and another man grabs his arm and puts pressure on his chest.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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