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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1959-1962
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 × 9 inches (15.24 × 22.86 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.242
SignedSigned on mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Joseph Sterling”
InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 85”
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “314-11"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “032.445.3.11”.
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of three people, older man and woman with girl, seated at table and holding menus. There is a bulletin board with neatly pinned photographs and postings beside their table. A small bouquet rests in the center of the table next to salt and pepper shakers.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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