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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet (each): 5 7/8 × 9 inches (14.92 × 22.86 cm)
Mount: 20 × 15 inches (50.8 × 38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.199

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

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 41”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “TOP T86-34 / MIDDLE 308-35 / BOTTOM 209-22” On mount verso, upper right corner, upside down, in pencil: “032.A1388.3.16”

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DescriptionThree photographs mounted vertically on a single mat. Top image: group of smiling girls wearing uniforms with narrow hats with shiny pins. Center image: two girls talking in a crowd – one smiles as the other holds her fingers up to her nose. Bottom image: Crowd of young women bundled up in coats and scarves. The woman on the right wears glasses and her mouth is wide open as if screaming with excitement.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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