The Brown Sisters, Dallas, Texas

2008

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image depicts four women standing close together. The woman on the left has short, slightly wavy hair and is wearing a light-colored short-sleeve top. The woman next to her has very short hair and is dressed in a dark top. The third woman has shoulder-length wavy hair, a dark cardigan over a shirt, and bangle bracelets on her wrist. The woman on the far right has long hair and is wearing a light-colored top, with her arm resting on the third woman. The background shows trees, foliage, and the sky peeking through the branches, indicating an outdoor setting in natural light.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon; (Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2009.

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

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Nicholas Nixon; by unknown hand, lower left verso in graphite: The Brown Sisters DALLAS 2008, 28/50 p2008; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: NN.2750.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64158524

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