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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/16 inches (14.92 × 23.02 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.198
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”
InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 40”
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “T-71-9”; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.431.3.11”.
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DescriptionImage of five girls hanging out on a stage. They are all dressed in white shirts with dark pants. The wall behind them reads “Lunch Room”, “Exit”, and “Night must Fall” among others.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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