Washington Square Park

Series TitleBird's Eye View

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Dateca. 1960-1980

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 21 15/16 inches (22.53 × 55.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 23 13/16 inches (30.48 × 60.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Deborah Sterling

Object number2017.64.30

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom center, in pencil.

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "032.397.3.11"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "5686-9".

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DescriptionImage taken from above looking down onto city square where a young girl holds her sandals in her right hand while looking up at the viewer. Children with bikes appear in the upper right and a woman wearing a swimsuit kneels into the water to pet a dog near the lower left.Provenance

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.

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