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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet (top): 6 15/16 × 6 15/16 inches (17.62 × 17.62 cm)
Image and sheet (bottom left): 8 15/16 × 6 inches (22.7 × 15.24 cm)
Image and sheet (bottom right): 9 × 6 inches (22.86 × 15.24 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.247

SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 90”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “TOP '61-7/10 / LEFT '60-106/8 / RIGHT 427-29"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.488.3.11”.

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DescriptionSeries of three photographs on a single mount; all images of young football players. The top image is of two uniformed players seated next to one another; one holds a helmet in his hands. The lower left image is cropped to show two players wearing numbered shirts and their hands on their legs. The lower right image shows one young man consoling another who sits on the bench with his hand covering his face.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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