The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts

2010

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows a black and white photograph of four women standing closely together from the waist up. The first woman has short, wavy hair and an expressive look, wearing a light-colored top. The second woman has short hair, prominent cheekbones, and earrings, wearing a textured, light-colored shirt. The third woman has curly, short hair and a serene expression, wearing a dark top. The fourth woman has long hair, with her head leaning on the third woman's shoulder, eyes closed. She wears a shirt with collars and a heart-shaped pendant necklace. In the background are out-of-focus trees and a bright sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Randi and Bob Fisher Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.23.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2010.

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 across bottom in graphite: The Brown Sisters Truro, MASS 2010 28/50 p2010 Nicholas Nixon; by unknown hand, bottom center right verso in graphite: NN.3013.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64158527

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