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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet (each): 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (11.43 × 16.51 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.197

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

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 39”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “U. LEFT 468-3 / U. RIGHT 312-21 / L. LEFT T85-5 / L. RIGHT 443-9” On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.489.3.11”

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DescriptionFour photographs mounted in two rows on a single mat. Upper left: Image a girl leaning back to hear what another girl is whispering in her hear. Upper right: Group of girls talking; the one whose back faces us is wearing a plaid jumper. Lower left: Image of girl seated at table next others with her hand covering face as she smiles. Lower right: Image of two girls seated on couch; the girl in the foreground holds a finger up over her mouth.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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