The Brown Sisters, Marblehead, Massachusetts

2002

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

Four women are shown in the image, from the waist up, standing closely together with their arms around each other. The woman on the far left has short, wavy hair and is wearing a patterned short-sleeved shirt with floral designs, accompanied by white trousers. The second woman has her hair pulled back into a ponytail and is wearing a black t-shirt with light-colored pants. The third woman, centrally positioned, has her hair pulled tightly back and is wearing a sleeveless top in a light shade. The woman on the far right has medium-length wavy hair, a patterned shirt with abstract designs, and dark pants with small flower patterns. This woman wears a ring on her left hand, placed on the shoulder of the central woman. They are standing on a grassy area with trees visible in the distant background. The image is in black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Fund for Living Photographers

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.9 x 24.5 cm (7 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.4.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY); NGA purchase, 2003.

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

across lower edge verso in graphite: The Brown Sisters Marblehead, Mass. 2002 26/50 Nicholas Nixon

Wikidata ID

Q64158515

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