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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 15/16 inches (21.59 × 32.86 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.252

SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil.

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “1190-35”; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.A1036.3.13”

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DescriptionImage of three young people. The girl in the center wears a lined coat and holds cotton candy while looking at the viewer with a neutral expression. The figure on her left is leaning in towards the camera so that her face is cropped and blurred.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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