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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 5 15/16 × 8 3/4 inches (15.08 × 22.23 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.241
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”
InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 84"
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “120-X"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.458.3.11”.
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of young man wearing paper hat which reads "Henry's Drive-In"; paper cups are stacked in the foreground next to a cash register.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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