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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet (each): 5 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (15.08 × 22.7 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.208

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

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 50”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “311-27 / 440-36”; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.441.3.11”.

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DescriptionTwo photographs mounted vertically on a single mat. Top image is of several young people gathered together - we can see part of one young woman's face; the others are mostly obscured. The bottom image is of a group of young people seated at a cafeteria table with trays of food and small milk cartons.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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