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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsMount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.186

SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 28”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “TOP LEFT / 1202-12 / TOP RIGHT / '60-110/9 / BOTTOM '58-148/7”; On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: “032.432.3.11”.

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DescriptionThree images presented on a single mount - presumedly of the same young man. The upper left image is a young man's shirtless back; he twists with his right shoulder raised and his hand on the chainlink fence in front of him. The upper right image is of a shirtless young man with his arms raised and his mount open. The bottom image is of a shirtless young man with his arms wrapped around his body - his hands stretched to the back of his shoulders.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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