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Untitled

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Dateca. 1953
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (19.05 × 24.13 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 inches (20.14 × 25.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of Deborah Sterling
Object number2017.64.19
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil.
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "C1953".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "032.970.3.12"
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of torn signs peeling off of a wooden fence. The main illustration depicts a woman in uniform playing a trumpet with carnival rides in the background.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
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