Skip to main content

Untitled

Primary TitleThe Age of Adolescence
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1964
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 15/16 × 9 1/16 inches (15.06 × 23.01 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 inches (20.14 × 25.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of Deborah Sterling
Object number2017.64.18
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "T-7 [crossed out] / 921-10"; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "032.964.3.12"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of woman with curlers in her hair lying on the beach with a pair of flip flops next to her; she looks out onto a beach filled with people although no one is near her.Provenance
Inherited from the artist by his wife Deborah Sterling, Mundelein, IL, 2010;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Estate of Joseph Sterling
Information about a particular artwork or image, including provenance information, is based upon historic information and may not be currently accurate or complete. Research on artwork and images is an ongoing process, and the information about a particular artwork or image may not reflect the most current information available to the Museum. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about a particular artwork or image, please e-mail provenance@nelson-atkins.org.


The Babysitter
Julie Blackmon
2006
2018.69.1
recto overall
Joseph Sterling
1959-1962
2017.68.200
Red Curtain
Julie Green
2008
2023.40.17
See Changes #11
Marcia Resnick
1974
2016.75.249
See Changes #9
Marcia Resnick
1974
2016.75.248
Untitled
Joseph Sterling
1959-1962
2017.68.191
The Arts: Music
Gaspare Traversi
1755-1760
F61-70
recto overall
Joseph Sterling
1959-1962
2017.68.170
Recife 7
Aaron Siskind
1986
2015.48.21
New York City
Dave Heath
Summer 1963
2005.37.277