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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 7/16 × 12 15/16 inches (21.43 × 32.86 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.235
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”
InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 78”
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “T-72-32"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.465.3.11”.
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage taken from the hallway outside two classrooms with open doors. Both rooms have students seated in desks with windows along the far wall.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Estate of Joseph Sterling
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