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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.86 × 14.92 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.205

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

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 47”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “308-21”; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.422.3.11”.

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DescriptionImage of young woman resting her right elbow on a table; her hand near her cheek. She has shoulder length dark hair and wear a buttoned up shirt with a peter pan collar. A young man is partially visible in the background.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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