The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts

2013

Nicholas Nixon

Associated Names
Nicholas Nixon

Artist, American, born 1947

The image is a black and white portrait of four women's upper bodies aligned closely together, facing the camera. The first woman has short wavy hair, the second has tousled short hair, the third has voluminous curly hair, and the fourth has long wavy hair pulled back. They each display different facial expressions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Randi and Bob Fisher Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.7 × 24.7 cm (7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 × 25.9 cm (8 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.193.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: The Brown Sisters Truro Mass 2013 38/50 p2013 Nicholas Nixon; by unknown hand, lower center verso in graphite: NN.3636.Y

Wikidata ID

Q64158530

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