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Series TitlePictus Twistus
Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/16 × 17 7/8 inches (18.57 × 45.39 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 19 13/16 inches (25.4 × 50.34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Deborah Sterling
Object number2017.64.1
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Joseph Sterling"
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Chicago, '75"; On sheet verso, center, in pencil: [up arrow indicating orientation].
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "3853-5 I-2"; On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "032.381.3.11".
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionNarrow bands of horizontal lines (possibly from a staircase) blurred in a zig-zag pattern along the horizontal axis.Provenance
Inherited from the artist by his wife Deborah Sterling, Mundelein, IL, 2010;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Estate of Joseph Sterling
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