The Brown Sisters, Marblehead, Massachusetts

1995

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows four women from the waist up, standing close together with their arms linked around each other. The woman on the far left has shoulder-length, wavy hair and a light-colored top. The second woman has her hair pulled back with a headband and wears a patterned shirt with a floral design. The third woman has long, curly hair and wears a sleeveless white top with a watch on her wrist. The fourth woman has long hair parted in the middle and is wearing a dark button-up shirt. The background is a bright, undefined space.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY); NGA purchase, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: The Brown Sisters Marblehead, Mass. 1995 37/50; lower right verso in graphite: Nicholas Nixon

Wikidata ID

Q64158507

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