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Series TitleThe Adolescent Comedy

Artist Joseph Sterling (American, 1936 - 2010)

Date1959-1962

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet (each): 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 number2017.68.226

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

InscribedTyped label attached to mount verso, in black: “THE ADOLESCENT COMEDY / Joseph Sterling / Plate No. 69”

MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “T.-219-9 / M.-78-29 / B.-82-26"; On mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: “032.A1389.3.16”.

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DescriptionImage of three photographs mounted vertically on a single mat. Top image is of a wide open grassy field with two figures near the back beside the tree line. The center image is of two figures lying in the grass; taken from a low angle so only their legs are visible. The bottom image is of two people seated closely on a park bench; grassy field in foreground.Provenance

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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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