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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet (each): 6 × 8 15/16 inches (15.24 × 22.7 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.237

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

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 80”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “T109-11 / T100-21"; On mount verso, lower left edge, in pencil: “032.A1058.3.14”.

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DescriptionTwo dark images mounted vertically on a single mat. The top image is of a young man seated with an open book on his lap and his left hand raised to his face; it is too dark to make out any of his features. The bottom image is of a young man seated at a school desk with his crossed arms and head resting on an open book.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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