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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.86 × 15.08 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.244
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”
InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 87”
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “T104-5"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.481.3.11”.
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DescriptionImage of young man lying on his back with his legs bent; another young man sits behind him facing the other way with arms and legs outstretched. Cropped legs of several others visible along top of image.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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