Chicago

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Dateca. 1957

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (24.13 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.07 × 20.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of Deborah Sterling

Object number2017.64.2

SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil.

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "032.967.3.12"

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DescriptionImage of street sign advertising "Cleaning and Pressing". A man's legs are visible behind the sign. Lights from other store fronts shine onto blurry figures walking along the sidewalk in the background.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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