The Adolescent Comedy
1959–1964
Joseph Sterling
Artist, American, 1936 - 2010
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 15.24 × 22.86 cm (6 × 9 in.)
sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.) -
Accession Number
2024.181.10
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Series Title
The Adolescent Comedy
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of Joseph Sterling; John S. Parsley, Houston, TX, 2023; gift to NGA, 2024.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, cropping and printing lines throughout in blue ink and graphite; signed by artist, center in graphite: 294-8 / Joseph Sterling; stamped center in black ink: JOSEPH STERLING / 515 WRIGHTWOOD AVE / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614; by unknown hand, lower center in black ink: Joseph Sterling / [crossed out] 572 Beiden / Chicago Illinois / USA; by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink: [underlined] 5 1/2; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: [circled] 5; by unknown hand, center left in blue ink: 3 1/8" 120# H/T S/U.; by unknown hand, bottom right in blue ink: Photography / 21/ THURS.