The Brown Sisters, Boston, Massachusetts

2012

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image shows four women standing close together with their arms around each other's shoulders in an embracing manner. The women have varying hair lengths and styles, with different types of tops and earrings visible. The background appears blurred, possibly depicting a natural setting like a body of water or landscape, under even lighting suggesting an overcast or partly cloudy day.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Randi and Bob Fisher Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.7 × 24.5 cm (7 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.59.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nicholas Nixon; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, across bottom in graphite: The Brown Sisters Boston 2012 28/50 p2012 Nicholas Nixon; by unknown hand, lower center verso in graphite: NN.3438.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64158529

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